ALP 16.6%
Incumbent MP
Guy Zangari, since 2011.
Geography
Western Sydney. The seat of Fairfield covers the north-eastern corner of the City of Fairfield and the north-western corner of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown. The seat covers the suburbs of Canley Heights, Fairfield, Wakeley, Lansdowne and Villawood.
Redistribution
Fairfield shifted to the east, gaining Lansdowne and Villawood from Bankstown, and losing Guildford West, Woodpark and Yennora to Granville and the remainder of Canley Vale to Cabramatta. These changes cut the Labor margin from 17.9% to 16.6%.
The electoral district of Fairfield has existed since the 1953 election. It has always been won by the Labor Party.
Fairfield was won in 1953 by the ALP’s Clarrie Earl. In 1962 he moved to the new seat of Bass Hill, which he held until his retirement in 1973.
Fairfield was won in 1962 by Jack Ferguson. He had won the seat of Merrylands in 1959 before switching seats. In 1968, he returned to Merrylands. He served as Deputy Premier from 1976 to 1984, when he retired from politics. His sons Martin and Laurie Ferguson are now both federal members of Parliament.
Eric Bedford won Fairfield in 1968. He held it until 1981, and then held Cabramatta from 1981 until his retirement in 1985. He served as a minister from 1976 to 1985.
Bedford was succeeded in Fairfield by former Fairfield mayor Janice Crosio in 1981. She served as a minister in the Labor government from 1984 to 1988. At the 1988 election she moved to the new seat of Smithfield. She resigned from Smithfield in 1990 to be elected to the federal seat of Prospect. She held that seat until 2004, serving as a parliamentary secretary in the final term of the Keating government.
Fairfield was won in 1988 by Geoff Irwin. He had previously won Merrylands in 1984, and moved to Fairfield when his first seat was abolished. He retired at the 1995 election.
Joe Tripodi won Fairfield in 1995. He became a minister in the Labor government in 2005. He rose through the ministerial ranks while developing a reputation as a backroom powerbroker. He became Finance Minister under Premier Nathan Rees, but was sacked in November 2009. This partly triggered Rees’ removal as Labor leader and Premier in late 2009.
Joe Tripodi retired in 2011, and Fairfield was won by Guy Zangari. Zangari was re-elected in 2015 and 2019.
Candidates
Sitting Labor MP Guy Zangari is not running for re-election.
Assessment
Fairfield is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Guy Zangari | Labor | 25,225 | 57.2 | +3.5 | 56.7 |
| Sam Youkhana | Liberal | 11,231 | 25.5 | +1.4 | 27.2 |
| Sam Georgis | Christian Democrats | 4,257 | 9.7 | -0.1 | 7.6 |
| Astrid O’Neill | Greens | 3,362 | 7.6 | +2.4 | 7.1 |
| Others | 1.3 | ||||
| Informal | 2,719 | 5.8 |
2019 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Guy Zangari | Labor | 26,848 | 67.9 | +0.1 | 66.6 |
| Sam Youkhana | Liberal | 12,675 | 32.1 | -0.1 | 33.4 |
Booths in Fairfield have been split into three parts: central, east, and west.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 58.5% in the east to 71.2% in the centre.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| West | 67.7 | 11,480 | 24.4 |
| Central | 71.2 | 6,550 | 13.9 |
| East | 58.5 | 6,386 | 13.6 |
| Pre-poll | 67.5 | 13,812 | 29.4 |
| Other votes | 66.4 | 8,804 | 18.7 |
Election results in Fairfield at the 2019 NSW state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor and the Liberal Party.
Does koshaba still close to bowen he is not running in parliament and lost his seat on cowncil
The point I was making was about the pre redistribution Bankstown electorate. This electorate is effectively abolished despite the naming. The old lakemba has had Bankstown added and was renamed as Bankstown. The remainder of the old Bankstown went to Auburn East Hills and Fairfield
interesting but does any body know when labour will select a candadate here if David saliba will run with backing of bowen if he is a strong candadate and he will get the position whiy is hq so relucdent to make the anowsement maybi they areconcerned of a backlash lead buy Zangarie the out going mp who dislikes bowen
i think mkinns is good friends withbowen for a long time i notised zangarie thanked mihayliouk in his final speech saying she was a big los and also lalich so maybi he was close to the former banks town mp she has said nothing since asfour dumping
do we know when david saliba will be anowsed here as labor candadate
how do we think David saliba will go as labours candadate
Saliba is a great candidate and probably should swap with the budgie in McMahon and run for Federal.
Only risk is candidate boredom, much like Jason Yatsen Li, when their focus is clearly on federal/international issues. State politics is a massive step down if you have half a brain.
But Bob Carr seemed to enjoy being a big fish in a small pond
is yatsenlee still focused on federal ishues saliba is not well known but does not seem to have much interest in state politics moore federal was a police officer and financial consultint some labor upperh house mps seemed more federal focused then nsw as well
has saliba been confirmed oficialy no mention on minns page
Aaron- Minns and Bowen both want him to run so pending and even higher power like Albo intervening, I think he has it wrapped up (if he wants to run as well).
You’d probably compare him to a Craig Chung in the Liberal Party. Patiently waiting, has a good CV but has been continually overlooked.
Saliba has worked the numbers and has attended branch meetings in the past; not sure of the current movements in the area other than huge declines in membership. Which is not unique to this area or to the Labor party in general.
Hi everyone, appreciate the positive comments. There’s alot of work to be done in Fairfield so my entire focus is on that alongside helping the broader Parliament solving the issues that matter to the state (access to govt services, cost of living, housing affordability, infrastructure etc.). Been chasing this for 20 years so I’m heavily invested in making our area better. I know you are all super keen to see Western Sydney thrive so please reach out and send your ideas. I can’t promise the world, but I promise I’ll do my best to help.
wonder when the party will put up salibas name on labors website as fairfield candadaate the party have left it a bit latewith only a month to go
hes already been announced as a candidate labor are just slow
With Frank Carbone confirmed as running for Cabramatta, announcement expected to be made that an ally of his will run in Fairfield.
This is going to cause real issues for Labor to earn a majority in parliament.
@hawkeye labor wont get a majority anyway teyll be lucky to get 5 seats gained
yes but the labor candadate is vietnamese unlike Carbone didnt the anti labor carbone group argue that labor was neglecting the large Vietnamese community then when they preselect some one from the branches because its not tu le carbone tries to help perottit buy running asbasickly a liberal backed independent in cabramatta bowen got re elected in his seat and still seems poplar desbite carbones dislike of him
yes dont whiy people are backing the pro liberal Carbone all the poleing suggests labor will get a majority penrith paramatter are looking good maybi the media backing of perottit desbite his brothers refuzing to give evidence and half his cabenit leaving will give the part a forth term then in two years time will get premier matt kean as no liberal premier will serve a full term
is hayes linkt with carbobne he did not anowse he was running until tu le had little branch support maybi carbone will runone of his cowncilors with the acseption of him self all are former liberal rohen saliba
@aaron it will be a minority governement either way
wonder when labor will put salibas profile up on website
suprised theteligraph refered to Saliba as a captains pick of bowen when he seems a good candadate dessbite loosing in 2018 preselection a former police officer community worker as well as working with young people and a brief peariod as a staffer