| Auburn New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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) Location within Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1927 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Lynda Voltz | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Auburn, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 55,340 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 39 km2 (15.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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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 includes the suburbs of Auburn, Berala, Homebush Bay, Lidcombe, Newington, Rookwood, Silverwater, South Granville, Sydney Olympic Park, Wentworth Point and parts of Chester Hill, Guildford, Merrylands and Regents Park.[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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Lynda Voltz | 22,396 | 49.94 | +5.40 | |
| Liberal | Kyoung Hee (Christina) Kang | 16,094 | 35.89 | +0.55 | |
| Greens | Janet Castle | 3,357 | 7.49 | +1.42 | |
| Independent | Luke Ahern | 1,635 | 3.65 | +3.65 | |
| Keep Sydney Open | Kieron Lee | 1,360 | 3.03 | +3.03 | |
| Total formal votes | 44,842 | 93.97 | −0.50 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,875 | 6.03 | +0.50 | ||
| Turnout | 47,717 | 86.23 | −0.78 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Lynda Voltz | 24,419 | 59.13 | +3.20 | |
| Liberal | Kyoung Hee (Christina) Kang | 16,876 | 40.87 | −3.20 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.20 | |||
References
- ^ "Auburn". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
- ^ "The Hon. John Thomas Lang (1876-1975)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr James Christian Lang". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Edgar Percy Dring (1896-1955)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Vernon Ryan". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Peter Francis Cox (1925-2008)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Peter Richard Nagle". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Barbara Mazzel Perry (1964- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr Luke Aquinas Foley (1970- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Lynda Jane Voltz, MLC". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Labor has `let down heartland' O'Farrell".
- ^ "Eight Western Sydney Labor MPs rebel against Nathan Rees on Parklea prison privatisation".
- ^ "Auburn: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Auburn: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.