Cabramatta
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Created1981
MPTri Vo
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeCabramatta
Electors54,991 (2019)
Area26 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
Electorates around Cabramatta:
Badgerys Creek Prospect Fairfield
Badgerys Creek Cabramatta Fairfield
Liverpool Liverpool East Hills
Holsworthy

Cabramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Tri Vo of the Labor Party.

Cabramatta is a 25.73 km2 urban electorate in Greater Western Sydney, centred on the suburb of Cabramatta from which it takes its name. It also includes the suburbs of Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg Heights, Cabramatta West, Canley Vale, Edensor Park, Greenfield Park, Lansvale, Mount Pritchard and St Johns Park.[1]

History

The Cabramatta electorate was created in 1981, and has overwhelmingly voted Labor ever since its inception. It remains one of the party's safest seats in New South Wales, and the conservative Liberal Party barely polls at all in the electorate. The Unity Party polled well in the electorate, beating the Liberal Party by more than two thousand votes in 1999, though it slipped back to fourth in 2003.

The seat was held from 1981 to 1985 by inaugural member Eric Bedford, who served as Minister for Education and Minister for Planning in the Wran Labor government. He resigned on 1 December 1985, and was replaced by John Newman at the resulting by-election. Newman represented the electorate until he was assassinated in 1994.

Reba Meagher was elected to replace Newman in the subsequent by-election and was the member for Cabramatta until her resignation in 2008. Meagher served as a minister in the Carr and Iemma governments, and polled more than 67% of the vote at the 2003 election. She resigned her seat on 16 September 2008, with the by-election following on 18 October.

Nick Lalich was representative from 2008 until 2023 when he announced retirement by the end of 2022. Nick Lalich was succeeded by Tri Vo in the next state elections (Legislative Assembly) for Cabramatta.

Members for Cabramatta

Member Party Period
  Eric Bedford[2] Labor 1981–1985
  John Newman[3] Labor 1986–1994
  Reba Meagher[4] Labor 1994–2008
  Nick Lalich[5] Labor 2008–2023
  Tri Vo[6] Labor 2023–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cabramatta.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tri Vo 21,213 41.3 −7.2
Liberal Courtney Nguyen 11,604 22.6 +1.6
Independent Kate Hoang 8,522 16.6 +16.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Smaling 5,046 9.8 +9.8
Greens Roz Chia Davis 2,645 5.2 −0.1
Animal Justice Randa Moussa 2,299 4.5 +3.9
Total formal votes 51,329 94.5 −1.1
Informal votes 3,005 5.5 +1.1
Turnout 54,334 88.4 −3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tri Vo 24,460 61.8 −7.5
Liberal Courtney Nguyen 15,117 38.2 +7.5
Labor hold Swing−7.5

References

  1. ↑ "Cabramatta". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "The Hon. Eric Lance Bedford (1928-2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mr John Paul Newman (1946–1994)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Hon. Reba Paige Meagher (1967- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mr (Nick) Nickola Lalich, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mr Tri Dung Vo, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  7. ↑ LA First Preference: Cabramatta, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. ↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Cabramatta, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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