Electoral district of Lakemba

Lakemba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the South-Western suburbs of Sydney. It has been held by the Labor Party since its creation in 1927. It was represented by Morris Iemma, who was Premier of New South Wales from 3 August 2005 until his resignation on 5 September 2008. It was last held by Jihad Dib from the 2015 election to its abolishment.

Lakemba New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Abolished	2023
Dates current	1927–2023
Electors	55,253 (2019)
Area	23.70 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Electorates around Lakemba: Auburn Auburn Strathfield Bankstown Lakemba Canterbury East Hills Oatley Kogarah

Lakemba included the suburbs of Chullora, Greenacre, Lakemba, Mount Lewis, Punchbowl, Wiley Park and parts of Bankstown, Belmore, Beverly Hills, Narwee, Riverwood and Roselands.^[1]

As a result of a redistribution in 2021, Lakemba was abolished at the 2023 election; its territory split between Bankstown, Canterbury and Oatley.^[2]

Members for Lakemba

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Stanley [3]	Labor	1927–1940
		Labor (N-C)	1940–1941
		Labor	1941–1950
		Independent Labor	1950
	Stan Wyatt [4]	Labor	1950–1964
	Vince Durick [5]	Labor	1964–1984
	Wes Davoren [6]	Labor	1984–1995
	Tony Stewart [7]	Labor	1995–1999
	Morris Iemma [8]	Labor	1999–2008
	Robert Furolo [9]	Labor	2008–2015
	Jihad Dib [10]	Labor	2015–2023

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lakemba

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lakemba.[edit]

2019 New South Wales state election: Lakemba ^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jihad Dib	27,528	61.70	+4.40
	Liberal	Rashid Bhuiyan	10,031	22.48	+1.76
	Christian Democrats	Karl Schubert	3,170	7.11	−5.70
	Greens	Emmet de Bhaldraithe	2,041	4.57	−2.91
	Keep Sydney Open	Omar Najjar	988	2.21	+2.21
	Animal Justice	Dorlene Abou-Haidar	857	1.92	+1.92
Total formal votes			44,615	93.87	−0.60
Informal votes			2,916	6.13	+0.60
Turnout			47,531	86.02	−0.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jihad Dib	29,245	72.42	+0.86
	Liberal	Rashid Bhuiyan	11,136	27.58	−0.86
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.86