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 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Australian politics/name 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
Template:Australian party style|	Paul ZammitTemplate:Hsp<ref name="Paul Zammit NSW parl">Template:Cite NSW Parliament</ref>	Template:Australian politics/name	1988–1996
Template:Australian party style|	Bruce MacCarthyTemplate:Hsp<ref name="Bruce MacCarthy NSW parl">Template:Cite NSW Parliament</ref>	Template:Australian politics/name	1996–1999
Template:Australian party style|	Paul WhelanTemplate:Hsp<ref name="Paul Whelan NSW parl">Template:Cite NSW Parliament</ref>	Template:Australian politics/name	1999–2003
Template:Australian party style|	Virginia JudgeTemplate:Hsp<ref name="Virginia Judge NSW parl">Template:Cite NSW Parliament</ref>	Template:Australian politics/name	2003–2011
Template:Australian party style|	Charles CasuscelliTemplate:Hsp<ref name ="Charles Casuscelli NSW parl">Template:Cite NSW Parliament</ref>	Template:Australian politics/name	2011–2015
Template:Australian party style|	Jodi McKayTemplate:Hsp<ref name="Jodi McKay NSW parl">Template:Cite NSW Parliament</ref>	Template:Australian politics/name	2015–2021
Template:Australian party style|	Jason Yat-Sen LiTemplate:Hsp<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Australian politics/name	2022–present

Election results

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