Electoral district of Lakemba

Lakemba
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Lakemba; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Abolished	2023
Dates current	1927–2023
Electors	55,253 (2019)
Area	23.70 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
	Electorates around Lakemba:

Lakemba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the South-Western suburbs of Sydney. It has been held by the Labor Party since its creation in 1927. It was represented by Morris Iemma, who was Premier of New South Wales from 3 August 2005 until his resignation on 5 September 2008. It was last held by Jihad Dib from the 2015 election to its abolishment.

Lakemba included the suburbs of Chullora, Greenacre, Lakemba, Mount Lewis, Punchbowl, Wiley Park and parts of Bankstown, Belmore, Beverly Hills, Narwee, Riverwood and Roselands.^[1]

As a result of a redistribution in 2021, Lakemba was abolished at the 2023 election; its territory split between Bankstown, Canterbury and Oatley.^[2]

Members for Lakemba

	Party	Term
Fred Stanley ^[3]	Labor	1927–1940
	Labor (N-C)	1940–1941
	Labor	1941–1950
	Independent Labor	1950
Stan Wyatt ^[4]	Labor	1950–1964
Vince Durick ^[5]	Labor	1964–1984
Wes Davoren ^[6]	Labor	1984–1995
Tony Stewart ^[7]	Labor	1995–1999
Morris Iemma ^[8]	Labor	1999–2008
Robert Furolo ^[9]	Labor	2008–2015
Jihad Dib ^[10]	Labor	2015–2023

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Lakemba ^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jihad Dib	27,528	61.70	+4.40
	Liberal	Rashid Bhuiyan	10,031	22.48	+1.76
	Christian Democrats	Karl Schubert	3,170	7.11	−5.70
	Greens	Emmet de Bhaldraithe	2,041	4.57	−2.91
	Keep Sydney Open	Omar Najjar	988	2.21	+2.21
	Animal Justice	Dorlene Abou-Haidar	857	1.92	+1.92
Total formal votes			44,615	93.87	−0.60
Informal votes			2,916	6.13	+0.60
Turnout			47,531	86.02	−0.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jihad Dib	29,245	72.42	+0.86
	Liberal	Rashid Bhuiyan	11,136	27.58	−0.86
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.86

References

^ "Lakemba". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Redistribution of electoral districts 2021" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ "Mr Fred Stanley (1888-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^ "Mr Stanislaus Wyatt (1894-1964)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Mr Vincent Patrick Durick". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Mr (Wes) Westby James Davoren (1928-2010)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Mr (Tony) Anthony Paul Stewart (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Mr Robert Anthony Furolo (1969- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Mr Jihad DIB MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ "Lakemba: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Lakemba: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[1] "Lakemba". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[redistribution-report-2] "Redistribution of electoral districts 2021" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[Fred_Stanley_NSW_parl-3] "Mr Fred Stanley (1888-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

[Stan_Wyatt_NSW_parl-4] "Mr Stanislaus Wyatt (1894-1964)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Vince_Durick_NSW_parl-5] "Mr Vincent Patrick Durick". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Wes_Davoren_NSW_parl-6] "Mr (Wes) Westby James Davoren (1928-2010)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Tony_Stewart_NSW_parl-7] "Mr (Tony) Anthony Paul Stewart (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Morris_Iemma_NSW_parl-8] "The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Robert_Furolo_NSW_parl-9] "Mr Robert Anthony Furolo (1969- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Jihad_Dib_NSW_parl-10] "Mr Jihad DIB MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[11] "Lakemba: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[12] "Lakemba: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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