Electoral district of Strathfield

Strathfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Since a by-election in 2022, it has been represented by Jason Yat-Sen Li of the Labor Party . It was first created in 1988 and derives its name from the suburb of the same name.

Strathfield New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1988–present
MP	Jason Yat-Sen Li
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Strathfield
Electors	53,451 (2019)
Area	22.80 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Electorates around Strathfield: Parramatta Drummoyne Drummoyne Auburn Strathfield Summer Hill Bankstown Canterbury Canterbury

Strathfield is an urban electorate, covering 19 km² in area.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Strathfield takes in the suburbs of Belfield, Burwood Heights, Burwood, Croydon, Croydon Park, Enfield, Flemington, Homebush West, Strathfield, Strathfield South and parts of Ashbury, Ashfield, Campsie and Homebush.^[1]

History

Strathfield was created in 1988. While traditionally a marginal electorate, Strathfield tended to favour the Liberal Party in its earlier years. It was first won by Liberal Paul Zammit, who later went on to have a short-lived career as a Liberal member of the federal House of Representatives. Zammit later contested the federal seat as an independent on the issue of airports and air traffic over the area. Zammit was succeeded by Liberal Bruce MacCarthy, who was defeated after one term. His successor, Paul Whelan, was a prominent sitting minister in the Carr government who had shifted to Strathfield from the abolished seat of Ashfield, and subsequently served as Police Minister while the member for Strathfield. The seat has tended to lean towards Labor ever since, with Whelan being succeeded by Virginia Judge. Judge lost the seat in 2011 to Liberal candidate Charles Casuscelli, but he was in turn defeated by Labor's Jodi McKay in 2015.

Members for Strathfield

Member		Party	Term
	Paul Zammit [2]	Liberal	1988–1996
	Bruce MacCarthy [3]	Liberal	1996–1999
	Paul Whelan [4]	Labor	1999–2003
	Virginia Judge [5]	Labor	2003–2011
	Charles Casuscelli [6]	Liberal	2011–2015
	Jodi McKay [7]	Labor	2015–2021
	Jason Yat-Sen Li [8]	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Strathfield

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Strathfield.[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Strathfield^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Li	26,249	51.9	+7.1
	Liberal	John-Paul Baladi	16,775	33.1	−5.4
	Greens	Courtney Buckley	4,749	9.4	+0.6
	Sustainable Australia	Wally Crocker	1,588	3.1	+3.1
	Animal Justice	Maurie Saidi	1,257	2.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			50,618	97.1	+0.3
Informal votes			1,495	2.9	−0.3
Turnout			52,113	88.6	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Li	30,228	63.0	+7.8
	Liberal	John-Paul Baladi	17,717	37.0	−7.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Two-party-preferred vote results in Strathfield