The Cabramatta electorate was created in 1981, and has overwhelmingly voted ever since its inception. It remains one of the party's safest seats in New South Wales, and the conservative Liberal Party barely polls at all in the electorate. The
Unity Party polled well in the electorate, beating the Liberal Party by more than two thousand votes in 1999, though it slipped back to fourth in 2003. The seat was held from 1981 to 1985 by inaugural member
Eric Bedford, who served as Minister for Education and Minister for Planning in the
Wran Labor government. He resigned on 1 December 1985, and was replaced by
John Newman at the
resulting by-election. Newman represented the electorate until he was
assassinated in 1994.
Reba Meagher was elected to replace Newman in the
subsequent by-election and was the member for Cabramatta until her resignation in 2008. Meagher served as a minister in the
Carr and
Iemma governments, and polled more than 67% of the vote at the
2003 election. She resigned her seat on 16 September 2008, with the
by-election following on 18 October.
Nick Lalich was representative from 2008 until 2023 when he announced retirement by the end of 2022. Nick Lalich was succeeded by
Tri Vo at the
2023 state election. ==Members for Cabramatta==