Nick Lalich
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Nick Lalich | |
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| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cabramatta | |
| In office 18 October 2008 – 26 March 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Reba Meagher |
| Succeeded by | Tri Vo |
| Mayor of Fairfield | |
| In office September 2002 – 21 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Khoshaba |
| Succeeded by | Frank Carbone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nickola Lalich 22 May 1945 |
| Died | 26 March 2025 (aged 79) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Party | Labor |
Nickola "Nick" Lalich (22 May 1945 – 26 March 2025) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from October 2008 until 26 March 2023, representing the electorate of Cabramatta. He also served as mayor of Fairfield from 2004 until March 2012.
Lalich was born in the Kingdom of Egypt to refugee parents who had fled the war in Yugoslavia. His family migrated to Australia when he was three and spent time in resettlement camps at Uranquinty and Bonegilla. They eventually settled in the Bonnyrigg area, where Lalich's father worked for the Postmaster-General's Department and ran a farm.[1]
Lalich remained in the Bonnyrigg area, where he worked as an electrician for Prospect Electricity before his election to the City of Fairfield council as a Labor candidate in 1987.[1][2] He was elected by his colleagues as mayor in 1993–1994, and was a candidate for preselection for the seat of Cabramatta in 1994, losing to Reba Meagher. Lalich remained on council, was again elected mayor by his colleagues in 2002, and ran and won as the first popularly elected mayor of Fairfield in 2004. He was easily re-elected as mayor in late 2008, only weeks before his election to parliament in October 2008.[3]