Electoral district of Cabramatta

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Australian electorate

Cabramatta
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly

Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election

State| New South Wales
Created| 1981
MP| Tri Vo
Party| Labor Party
Namesake| Cabramatta
Electors| 54,991 (2019)
Area| 26 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Demographic| Outer 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.

## Geography

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On its current boundaries, Cabramatta includes the suburbs of Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg Heights, Cabramatta, Cabramatta West, Canley Vale, Edensor Park, Greenfield Park, Lansvale, Mount Pritchard and St Johns Park.[1]

## History

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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 at the 2023 state election.

## Members for Cabramatta

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Member  | Party  | Period

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| 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

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cabramatta

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  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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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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