Electoral district of Auburn
Australian electorate
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Auburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Lynda Voltz, after the 2019 election.
| Auburn New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries since the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1927 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Lynda Voltz | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Auburn, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 59,152 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 32 km2 (12.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
On its current boundaries, Auburn includes the suburbs of Auburn, Berala, Birrong, Lidcombe, Potts Hill, Sefton, Rookwood, Wentworth Point and parts of Bankstown, Bass Hill, Chester Hill, Silverwater and Yagoona.[1]
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Lang [2] | Labor | 1927–1940 | |
| Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
| Labor | 1941–1943 | ||
| Lang Labor | 1943–1946 | ||
| Chris Lang [3] | Lang Labor | 1946–1950 | |
| Edgar Dring [4] | Labor | 1950–1955 | |
| Thomas Ryan [5] | Labor | 1956–1965 | |
| Peter Cox [6] | Labor | 1965–1988 | |
| Peter Nagle [7] | Labor | 1988–2001 | |
| Barbara Perry [8] | Labor | 2001–2015 | |
| Luke Foley [9] | Labor | 2015–2019 | |
| Lynda Voltz [10] | Labor | 2019–present | |
History
Auburn was created in 1927. It has been held by the Labor Party for its entire existence, and for most of that time has been one of Labor's safest seats in New South Wales. It is considered a part of Labor's heartland in Western Sydney.[11][12]
Auburn was once represented by former Premier, Jack Lang, and later by his son, Chris Lang. The seat was once vacant for four months; between December, 1955 and March, 1956; as a result of the death of Edgar Dring. A by-election was not held, given the relatively short amount of time left until the 1956 New South Wales state election.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Lynda Voltz | 28,167 | 60.1 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal | Haseen Zaman | 9,327 | 19.9 | −11.3 | |
| Greens | Masoomeh Asgari | 3,237 | 6.9 | +0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julie Morkos Douaihy | 3,162 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
| Jamal Daoud | 1,733 | 3.7 | +3.7 | ||
| Sustainable Australia | Shelley Goed | 1,227 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 46,853 | 93.4 | −0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,286 | 6.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 50,139 | 84.8 | +0.5 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Lynda Voltz | 30,701 | 74.0 | +10.3 | |
| Liberal | Haseen Zaman | 10,793 | 26.0 | −10.3 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +10.3 | |||