Electoral district of Auburn

Auburn
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Auburn; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	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
	Electorates around Auburn:

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.

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

	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[edit]

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[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Auburn^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

References[edit]

^ "The Legislative Assembly District of Auburn". elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ "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".
^ LA First Preference: Auburn, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Auburn, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[1] "The Legislative Assembly District of Auburn". elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

[Jack_Lang_NSW_Parl-2] "The Hon. John Thomas Lang (1876-1975)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Chris_Lang_NSW_Parl-3] "Mr James Christian Lang". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Edgar_Dring_NSW_Parl-4] "Mr Edgar Percy Dring (1896-1955)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Thomas_Ryan_NSW_Parl-5] "Mr Thomas Vernon Ryan". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Peter_Cox_NSW_Parl-6] "The Hon. Peter Francis Cox (1925-2008)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Peter_Nagle_NSW_Parl-7] "Mr Peter Richard Nagle". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[Barbara_Perry_NSW_Parl-8] "The Hon. Barbara Mazzel Perry (1964- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[Luke_Foley_NSW_Parl-9] "Mr Luke Aquinas Foley (1970- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[Lynda_Voltz_NSW_Parl-10] "The Hon. Lynda Jane Voltz, MLC". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[11] "Labor has 'let down heartland' O'Farrell".

[12] "Eight Western Sydney Labor MPs rebel against Nathan Rees on Parklea prison privatisation".

[13] LA First Preference: Auburn, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[14] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Auburn, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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