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# Lismore

In New South Wales.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janelle_Saffin.jpg?width=96)**Janelle Saffin** Labor, Lismore ](https://politics.computer/mp/janelle-saffin)

About

## About Lismore

Lismore is a New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral district in the state's northeast, on the Queensland border. It is held by Janelle Saffin of the Labor Party, who has represented the seat since 2019\. Saffin's Facebook and Instagram ads focus on the seat's electorate.

Location

Northeast New South Wales, on the Queensland border

Area covered

City of Lismore, inland Tweed Shire, Kyogle Council and Tenterfield Shire

Created

1894, split from Richmond

Previous members

Keith Compton (Labor) elected at 1959 by-election; re-elected 1962

First woman to represent the seat

Janelle Saffin

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FLismore), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Lismore whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Lismore yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Lismore are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

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