Electoral results for the district of Fairfield

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Fairfield in New South Wales state elections.

Members

	Party	Period
Clarrie Earl	Labor	1953—1962
Jack Ferguson	Labor	1962—1968
Eric Bedford	Labor	1968—1981
Janice Crosio	Labor	1981—1988
Geoff Irwin	Labor	1988—1995
Joe Tripodi	Labor	1995—2011
Guy Zangari	Labor	2011—present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Fairfield^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Guy Zangari	24,670	53.7	+10.8
	Liberal	Charbel Saliba	11,079	24.1	−14.8
	Christian Democrats	Edward Royal	4,500	9.8	+4.6
	No Land Tax	James Lazar	3,281	7.1	+7.1
	Greens	Andrew Nicholson	2,406	5.2	−1.5
Total formal votes			45,936	94.6	+1.3
Informal votes			2,637	5.4	−1.3
Turnout			48,573	89.1	−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Guy Zangari	26,667	67.8	+15.5
	Liberal	Charbel Saliba	12,669	32.2	−15.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.5

New South Wales state election, 2011: Fairfield^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Guy Zangari	17,858	40.7	-17.6
	Liberal	Charbel Saliba	16,657	37.9	+15.3
	Greens	Annie Nielsen	2,890	6.6	+0.4
	Christian Democrats	Eileen Nasr	2,332	5.3	+0.0
	Independent	David Ball	1,489	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Ahmad Al-Yasiry	1,281	2.9	+2.9
		Linda Harris	1,074	2.4	+2.4
	Socialist Alliance	Daicy Olaya	329	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			43,910	93.5	-1.7
Informal votes			3,061	6.5	+1.7
Turnout			46,971	91.6	-0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Guy Zangari	19,189	51.7	-18.7
	Liberal	Charbel Saliba	17,930	48.3	+18.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-18.7

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Tripodi	24,767	58.3	-5.7
	Liberal	James Conna	9,628	22.7	+4.1
	Greens	Lizza Gebilagin	2,637	6.2	+1.1
	Christian Democrats	Alex Sharah	2,253	5.3	+4.2
	Unity	John Yuen	2,113	5.0	-1.8
	AAFI	John Vanderwel	1,099	2.6	+0.9
Total formal votes			42,497	95.1	-0.4
Informal votes			2,171	4.9	+0.4
Turnout			44,668	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Tripodi	26,382	70.4	-6.0
	Liberal	James Conna	11,098	29.6	+6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.0

New South Wales state election, 2003: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Tripodi	24,534	63.7	+3.6
	Liberal	Karam Awad	6,914	17.9	+3.4
	Unity	Nguyen Truong	3,305	8.6	-0.2
	Greens	Roger Barsony	2,023	5.2	+3.0
	One Nation	Nada Taunton-Henderson	891	2.3	-5.2
	AAFI	Michael Chehoff	876	2.3	+1.0
Total formal votes			38,543	95.5	+0.1
Informal votes			1,836	4.5	-0.1
Turnout			40,379	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Tripodi	26,157	77.0	-1.3
	Liberal	Karam Awad	7,833	23.0	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.3

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Tripodi	23,362	60.1	-1.5
	Liberal	Andrew Rohan	5,629	14.5	-16.0
	Unity	Thang Ngo	3,419	8.8	+8.8
	One Nation	Bob Vinnicombe	2,929	7.5	+7.5
	Christian Democrats	George Haroon	1,188	3.1	+3.0
	Greens	Rodrigo Gutierrez	839	2.2	+2.2
	Democrats	David Hua	662	1.7	-3.1
	AAFI	John Carey	512	1.3	+1.3
	Natural Law	Linda Cogger	133	0.3	-1.6
	Independent	Bob Aiken	130	0.3	+0.3
	Non-Custodial Parents	Samuel Mackenzie	87	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			38,890	95.3	+4.5
Informal votes			1,911	4.7	-4.5
Turnout			40,801	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Tripodi	25,891	78.3	+11.9
	Liberal	Andrew Rohan	7,163	21.7	-11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.9

New South Wales state election, 1995: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Tripodi	19,748	61.4	+6.2
	Liberal	Frank Oliveri	9,491	29.5	-3.0
	Democrats	Ron Cameron	1,766	5.5	+0.3
	Natural Law	Linda Cogger	650	2.0	+2.0
	Democratic Socialist	Mike Karadjis	487	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			32,142	90.2	+9.3
Informal votes			3,485	9.8	-9.3
Turnout			35,627	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Tripodi	20,815	67.1	+5.7
	Liberal	Frank Oliveri	10,218	32.9	-5.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.7

New South Wales state election, 1991: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Irwin	15,046	55.2	+0.4
	Liberal	John Natoli	8,868	32.5	-5.5
	Call to Australia	Keith Smith	1,925	7.1	+7.1
	Democrats	Chad Zadourian	1,416	5.2	+1.0
Total formal votes			27,255	80.9	-13.4
Informal votes			6,447	19.1	+13.4
Turnout			33,702	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Irwin	15,773	61.3	+3.0
	Liberal	John Natoli	9,947	38.7	-3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Irwin	13,840	48.4	-16.7
	Liberal	Joe Morizzi	11,492	40.2	+8.6
	Democrats	Christine Jarvis	1,940	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	Allan Gore	1,344	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			28,616	94.4	-1.5
Informal votes			1,711	5.6	+1.5
Turnout			30,327	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Irwin	14,719	53.9	-13.2
	Liberal	Joe Morizzi	12,594	46.1	+13.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.2

New South Wales state election, 1984: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janice Crosio	20,042	66.4	-13.8
	Liberal	Geoffrey Goninon	7,520	24.9	+5.1
	Independent	Raymon Wilson	2,602	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			30,164	95.7	+1.0
Informal votes			1,365	4.3	-1.0
Turnout			31,529	92.1	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janice Crosio		71.8	-8.4
	Liberal	Geoffrey Goninon		28.2	+8.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.4

New South Wales state election, 1981: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janice Crosio	21,944	80.2	+4.8
	Liberal	Robert Goninon	5,432	19.8	+1.9
Total formal votes			27,376	94.7
Informal votes			1,532	5.3
Turnout			28,908	90.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	23,294	75.4	+6.2
	Liberal	Charles Rogers	5,544	17.9	-12.9
	Democrats	Frank Havlan	2,046	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			30,884	95.5	-1.1
Informal votes			1,458	4.5	+1.1
Turnout			32,342	92.8	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Bedford	24,215	78.4	+9.3
	Liberal	Charles Rogers	6,669	21.6	-9.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.3

New South Wales state election, 1976: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	20,777	69.2	+5.2
	Liberal	Charles Rogers	9,271	30.8	+2.5
Total formal votes			30,048	96.6	+1.6
Informal votes			1,052	3.4	-1.6
Turnout			31,100	93.6	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

New South Wales state election, 1973: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	17,713	64.0	-0.3
	Liberal	Domenic Pangallo	7,843	28.3	-3.6
	Australia Party	Robert Tuckwell	1,297	4.7	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Maurice George	840	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			27,693	95.0
Informal votes			1,458	5.0
Turnout			29,151	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Bedford	18,789	67.8	-1.6
	Liberal	Domenic Pangallo	8,904	32.2	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

New South Wales state election, 1971: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	17,172	64.3	+6.8
	Liberal	John Woods	8,506	31.9	-10.6
	Independent	Edward Oldfield	1,023	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			26,701	96.1
Informal votes			1,091	3.9
Turnout			27,792	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Bedford	17,684	66.2	+8.7
	Liberal	John Woods	9,017	33.8	-8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	15,632	57.5	+0.4
	Liberal	Frank Calabro	11,561	42.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			27,193	96.5
Informal votes			982	3.5
Turnout			28,175	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.5

New South Wales state election, 1965: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Ferguson	15,228	58.1	-5.0
	Liberal	Stanislaus Kelly	9,710	37.0	+0.1
	Democratic Labor	Andrew Murphy	1,281	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			26,219	97.0	-0.9
Informal votes			821	3.0	+0.9
Turnout			27,040	94.9	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Ferguson	15,484	59.1	-4.0
	Liberal	Stanislaus Kelly	10,735	40.9	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.0

New South Wales state election, 1962: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Ferguson	14,348	63.1	+2.7
	Liberal	Frederick Jackson	8,395	36.9	+0.5
Total formal votes			22,743	97.9
Informal votes			491	2.1
Turnout			23,234	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	16,877	66.4
	Liberal	David Fairs	7,733	30.4
	Communist	Edwin Lipscombe	800	3.2
Total formal votes			25,410	97.5
Informal votes			657	97.5
Turnout			26,067	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	17,517	68.9
	Liberal	David Fairs	7,893	31.1
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	16,258	62.9	-28.4
	Liberal	Guy Holmes	8,541	33.0	+33.0
	Communist	Edwin Lipscombe	1,057	4.1	-4.6
Total formal votes			25,856	98.3	+8.0
Informal votes			456	1.7	-8.0
Turnout			26,312	93.3	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	17,209	66.6	-24.7
	Liberal	Guy Holmes	8,647	33.4	+33.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Fairfield". Retrieved 13 October 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Fairfield: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Fairfield: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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