Nick Lalich

Nick Lalich
Nick Lalich MP
Member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Reba Meagher
Constituency Cabramatta
Majority 2.1%
Personal details
Political party Australian Labor Party

Nick Lalich (born 1945) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since October 2008, representing the electorate of Cabramatta. Lalich is also the current Mayor of Fairfield, a position which he has held since 2004.

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Early life and career

Lalich was born in Egypt to refugee parents who had fled the war in Yugoslavia. His family migrated to Australia when he was three, and spent time in resettlement camps at Uranquinty and Bonegilla. They eventually settled in the Bonnyrigg area, where Lalich's father worked for the Department of the Postmaster-General and ran a farm. [1]

Lalich remained in the Bonnyrigg area, where he worked as an electrician for Prospect Electricity before his election to the City of Fairfield council as a Labor candidate in 1987. [2] [3]He was elected by his colleagues as mayor in 1993-94, and was a candidate for preselection for the seat of Cabramatta in 1994, losing to Reba Meagher. Lalich remained on council, was again elected mayor by his colleagues in 2002, and ran and won as the first popularly elected mayor of Fairfield in 2004. He was easily re-elected as mayor in late 2008, only weeks before his election to parliament in October 2008.[4]

Election to parliament

In September 2008, Reba Meagher, the embattled state Health Minister, resigned from politics after it became clear that she would likely be dumped from Cabinet in a forthcoming ministerial reshuffle.[5] This resulted in a by-election for her seat, and Lalich, who had lost a preselection vote to her in 1994, was immediately touted as her replacement, duly winning preselection.[6] He faced a strong challenge in the usually safe seat due to an unpopular government and a strong Liberal candidate in Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist Dai Le, but withstood a 20% swing against Labor to hold the seat for the party.[7] Lalich was sworn in as a member of the Legislative Assembly on October 18, and appointed to the Public Bodies Review Committee on October 30.[8] He has also vowed to continue as Fairfield mayor in addition to his parliamentary responsibilities.[9]

March 2011 Election

Lalich was able to retain the seat of Cabramatta for the ALP at the March 2011 Election despite using racist signs accusing Dai Le as a One Nation supporter[10]. Both sides campaigned heavily in the local area, with the Liberal Party taking an unprecedented interest in Cabramatta. [11]

References

  1. ^ "Interviews: Nick Lalich". Fairfield Library Oral History Project. 2003. http://library.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/oralhistory/interviews/lalich_nick/lalichn_fullstory.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  2. ^ "Interviews: Nick Lalich". Fairfield Library Oral History Project. 2003. http://library.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/oralhistory/interviews/lalich_nick/lalichn_fullstory.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  3. ^ "Profile: Nick Lalich". Taipei City Healthy Cities Conference. 2005. http://healthycity.taipei.gov.tw/conference/2005_09/files/cv_fc/NickLalich.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  4. ^ "2008 NSW by-elections: Cabramatta". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2008/byelections/cabramatta.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  5. ^ "2008 NSW by-elections: Cabramatta". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2008/byelections/cabramatta.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  6. ^ "Mayor to stand for Meagher's state MP seat". Fairfield Advance. 2008. http://fairfield-advance.whereilive.com.au/news/story/mayor-to-stand-for-meagher-s-state-mp-seat/. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  7. ^ "2008 NSW by-elections: Cabramatta". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2008/byelections/cabramatta.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  8. ^ "Nickola Lalich, MP". Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/0/A482A01D070D5789CA2574EC0016ECF7. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 
  9. ^ "Lalich splits the jobs". Fairfield Advance. 2008. http://fairfield-advance.whereilive.com.au/news/story/lalich-splits-the-jobs/. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 
  10. ^ http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/labor-mp-defends-race-card-in-cabramatta-20110323-1c61j.html
  11. ^ |url=http://fairfield-advance.whereilive.com.au/news/story/le-concedes-but-tells-lalich-to-keep-promises/%7C
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
Reba Meagher
Member for Cabramatta
2008 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent



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