Electoral district of Macquarie Fields
Australian electorate
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Macquarie Fields is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the outer south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is currently represented by Anoulack Chanthivong of the Labor Party.
| Macquarie Fields New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1988–1991, 1999–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Anoulack Chanthivong | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Macquarie Fields | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 61,782 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 94.19 km2 (36.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
On its current boundaries, Macquarie Fields takes in the suburbs of Bardia, Bow Bowing, Casula, Cross Roads, Denham Court, Edmondson Park, Eschol Park, Glenfield, Ingleburn, Kearns, Kentlyn, Leppington, Leumeah, Long Point, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Links, Minto, Minto Heights, Raby, St Andrews and Varroville.[1]
Members for Macquarie Fields
| First incarnation (1988–1991) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Stan Knowles [2] | Labor | 1988–1990 | |
| Craig Knowles [3] | Labor | 1990–1991 | |
| Second incarnation (1999–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Craig Knowles [3] | Labor | 1999–2005 | |
| Steven Chaytor [4] | Labor | 2005–2007 | |
| Andrew McDonald [5] | Labor | 2007–2015 | |
| Anoulack Chanthivong [6] | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Anoulack Chanthivong | 28,089 | 57.1 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal | Khairul Chowdhury | 10,682 | 21.7 | −6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gemma Noiosi | 4,122 | 8.4 | +8.3 | |
| Greens | Seamus Lee | 2,349 | 4.8 | +0.6 | |
| Animal Justice | Donna Wilson | 2,346 | 4.8 | +4.5 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Michael Clark | 1,606 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 49,194 | 95.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,266 | 4.4 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 51,460 | 86.3 | −0.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Anoulack Chanthivong | 30,468 | 69.9 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal | Khairul Chowdhury | 13,141 | 30.1 | −5.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||