A by-election was held in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Strathfield on 12 February 2022, following the resignation of former leader of the Labor Party Jodi McKay. For the first time all electors will be sent a postal vote pack. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. The iVote online voting system was not used at these elections after the system failed during the NSW local government elections in December 2021. It must have commonsense solutions to difficult problems. All candidates may have negative points. 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Auto news:Shock new reason behind car delays - drive.com.au, Your web browser is no longer supported. "I'm really pleased that I've spent every day of the past four months fighting as hard as I can.". The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. Strathfield was first created in 1988 to replace the abolished electorate of Burwood. Strange how The same power broker was also responsible for her leadership spill and demise from the Labor party and selection of Labors Strathfield candidate. Make no mistake that Labor has gone backwards," he said. There would be no chance of her winning in Newtown as it is now by far a safe Green seat. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Born to Greek parents, Robertson is living with a significant physical disability and gets about in a motorised wheelchair. Again, I do not object to the sources. The premier insisted Labor's vote had gone backwards in the electorate and vowed Ms Sakr would "win the election next year. Saturday 12th February 2022 - NSW By-Elections - Bega / Monaro / Strathfield / Willoughby. Final figures have now been published for all four by-elections. The 2023 New South Wales state election will be held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council.The election will be conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).. The first postal votes will not be opened until next weekend, meaning the final results will not be known until later this month. Whelan had held Ashfield since the 1976 election. MacCarthy re-contested in 1999 but was defeated by Ashfield's Labor MP Paul Whelan, who had a high profile as Police Minister in the Carr government. Geography Inner West Sydney. Strathfield has the state's second highest proportion of residents born overseas (55.6%), the fourth highest proportion born in a non-English speaking country (52.3%), the sixth highest with both parents born overseas (71.4%), the third highest born in North-East Asia (23.1%), the sixth highest born in South Asia (12.8%) and a related fourth highest proportion of Hindus (11.2%). Looking at Playlet's contributions over the last 2 years, there's a pro Labor bias from Playlet, and that appears to be occurring here too. "Many people in New South Wales sent the Premier of New South Wales a message on their behalf at the ballot box today," he said. Many thanks in advance @El C:. Robertson is currently serving on 3 Local Council Advisory Committees, is an Executive Board Member for the Australian Local Government Womens Association, a Board Member of SouthWest Sydney Christian SRE and a Committee Member of SMA Australia as well as being a financial member of several environmental and animal welfare organisations. Strathfield Legislative Council Result: Labor 36.6%, Coalition 35.4%, Greens 8.8%, Christian Democrats 3.0%, One Nation 2.9%, Liberal Democrats 2.8%, Keep Sydney Open 2.4%, Shooters, Fishers and Farmers 1.7%, Animal Justice 1.6%, Others 4.8%. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/troubling-council-grants-program-lacked-integrity-nsw-auditor-general-20220208-p59uos.html, Again, this has nothing to do with the by elections. She was elected Labor Leader after the 2019 election but stood down after Labor performed poorly at the May 2021 Upper Hunter By-election. It is agitprop to pretend what was published today in The Daily Telegraph, does not exist, just because it doesn't suit one person's biased view. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. Judge was re-elected on new boundaries at the 2007 election, but her majority was not enough to survive Labor's landslide 2011 defeat. On NSWEC website, it has Allawah for Jason Lis locality but in the SMH today it says he lives in Cremorne. "We do know enough about the results that have come in so far to be confident that we will claim the seat of Bega and the seat of Strathfield in today's by-elections," said NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns. Li is a Company Director, Corporate Advisor and Investor, and has been a fellow of the University of Sydney since 2017 where he is Pro-Chancellor. The swing to Labor in 1999 was a substantial 11.1%, but on Whelan's retirement in 2003, new Labor candidate Virginia Judge managed to add another 7.4% to Labor's margin. Electoral Commissioner John Schmidt applied to the Supreme Court last week to void results in three councils - Kempsey, Shellharbour, and Singleton - because the iVote crash could have . Unity polled well for several elections in seats like Strathfield, Kogarah and Ryde where there was and still is a significant middle-class Chinese-Australian community. First the issue of the Belt and Road, the source is Epoch Times which is not considered a reliable source. Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 52.5% in the west to 56.9% in the east. The column was terminated at the end of 2021 after Farrelly had registered under public funding laws as a Labor candidate for the local government elections, though Farrelly did not run for the elections. In 2011, Judge lost to Liberal candidate Charles Casuscelli. Sakr spent more than three decades working in the financial services sector, and is the co-founder of a home loans business. two-party preferred results by polling place and vote type. Meanwhile, there wasa swingto Labor in the regional electorateof Monaro former deputy premier John Barilaro's old seat but Green called it for The Nationals just after 8:30pm. Most people won't read that far down, and most people aren't aware of the inherent statistical sampling methodological flaws. "Many people, many people in New South Wales sent the Premier of New South Wales a message on their behalf at the ballot box today," said Minns. [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. WestSydPol YOU SERIOUSLY CANT WORK IT OUT !!??? Liberal Paul Zammit won Burwood back for the Liberal Party in 1984 and was elected as the first MP for Strathfield in 1988. Burwood had been held by conservative candidates for close to a century before the ALP won it in 1978. Voters in Willoughby were replacing outgoing Premier Gladys Berejiklian, with Independent Larissa Penn the unexpected second choice after a campaign on local environmental issues. It's Saturday 12 February 2022, by-election day in NSW. @Acabashi: appears to be a reasonable person who lives in the UK; other people without bias should be allowed to contribute their thoughts about this request today. Prior to the 1999 election, Strathfield was redrawn to take in parts of the abolished Labor seat of Ashfield, cutting back McCarthys margin. The Greens garner close to 10% of the votes in this State electoral district of Strathfield. Strathfield lies in Sydney's inner western suburbs and takes in all of Burwood Council, almost all of Strathfield Council, and smaller parts of Inner West and Canada Bay Councils. Casuscelli held Strathfield for one term, losing in 2015 to Labor candidate Jodi McKay. [6] Other issues include challenges of overdevelopment and the number of high rise towers in the area. Mr Constance was considered a high-profile MPand, with his personal popularity no longer a factor, the government's 6.9 per cent margin evaporated. The NSW government has been pushed further into minority after Labor won the seat of Bega for the first time in one of four by-elections held in the state. Zoe Zaczek Digital Reporter 2 min read February 12, 2022 - 6:00PM However, speaking at Labor's party in the electorate, Opposition Leader Chris Minns had a different take. Funny How the worm turns in Labor politics. The Sydney Morning Herald is Australia's oldest masthead. The south-coast electorate has never been held by Labor since the seat was reinstated in 1988. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. It appears only 20% are voting today, with the rest by postal vote or pre-polling. Obviously, things must not have worked out. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. Perhaps change the title to "Interim Partial Results until Official Results are Published on 23 February 2022" for audience clarity, The current caveat in small print is too small, too vague and it's misleading as only some of the votes have been counted. In Strathfield, these numbers were 16.3 per cent and 26.4 per cent respectively. Unfortunately, while it is an acute issue for the area, that population is ever dwindling she will have zero appeal to house owners who want development, or renters. Party codes: (ALP) Labor, (LIB) Liberal, (GRN) Greens, (KSO) Keep Sydney Open, (CON) Australian Conservatives, (AJP) Animal Justice Party. Maybe overdoing it slightly. You can also see that I have contributed positively to Labor in the edit history here over the last few days. He only held it for one term, as he resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 in protest over aircraft noise. Full display of results: Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby. While Labor isn't running a candidate in the seat, independent Larissa Penn is polling well. Postal votes for voters marked as having voted will be rejected. Both are good candidates, I have my reservations about Jason but there could be worse. @KoalaAussieBlue: It is better to sort out the issues with the article here rather than edit warring. Polling Day is Saturday 12 February with pre-poll voting from Monday 31 January. Looked at the booth by booth breakdown and compared it with the corresponding booths in the federal electorate of Reid. Information on candidates and how-to-vote material can be sent to. It drew support from the Chinese-Australian community who were concerned that the Liberal Party did not do enough to counter Pauline Hanson in the late 1990s. [1] For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for 2022 Strathfield state by-election . It may belong on Berejiklians page or Barilaros page. Preference flows Projections. @El C: The Greens candidate Courtney Buckley has no info in her bio section. [2] I dont know whether she tried to seek preselection for this seat as well but I really dont get whats her reasoning in running here other than just out of spite. Search. Voters can vote using these packs, or choose to attend a pre-poll centre between 31 January and 11 February, or a polling place on polling day 12 February. Distribution of Preferences. The graph of two-party preferred results for Strathfield shows that the seat is now consistently six to seven percentage points weaker for the Liberal Party than its two-party preferred vote across NSW. In 2007 she was chosen as Labor candidate for the state seat of Newcastle, narrowly elected against some local Labor Party opposition. The party disappeared after the defeat of the Howard government in 2007. . Of course Playlet will say no, it is a pattern of inflexible black and white thinking. Farrelly is an author, architecture critic, essayist, columnist and public speaker. Strathfield and Monaro called 12 Feb 2022, 1:39am By Paige Cockburn Key Event ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green says Labor's Jason Yat-Sen Li will win the seat of Strathfield in Sydney's inner west. Can somebody please explain where the Allawah comes from? Second the local resident thing, if it is an issue it should be sourced, and put in a section discussing the rest of the campaign. Between the two there was a slight swing towards the local Sakr, but Yat-Sen Li did enough to hold the lead in the early results and will likely hold the seat for Labor. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. "The Premier of New South Wales needs to listen to that message. Similarly, voters in Monaro were replacing outgoing Deputy Premier John Barilaro, with the Nationals likely holding the seat despite losing ground in the early swing to Labor. Booths in Strathfield have been split into three parts: east, south and west. Interestingly enough state Labor in 2019 did much better than Federal Labor did only a few weeks later. Posted Sat 12 Feb 2022 at 12:05pm. This is because only 1 in 3 votes have been counted, and postal votes won't be counted until Saturday 19 February which is 7 days away. The media blackout started at midnight last night. For many years Farrelly wrote an at times controversial column for the Sydney Morning Heralnd on architecture, planning and politics. The 1996 Strathfield by-election was won by the Liberal Partys Bruce McCarthy. Then hed have to be looking at Local Government or just squeaking into the Upper House. At the end of the pre-polling period on Friday 11 February, 8,993 pre-polls had been taken representing 16.3% of enrolment and 14,614 postal votes had been returned representing 26.4% of enrolment. 12 February 2022 Monaro State by-election Final count reports: . Skip to main content. In Monaro, 23.1 per cent had cast a pre-poll and 15.3 per cent of postal votes had been returned. This is happening days out from an election. Green called it for the Opposition with just over 20 per cent of the vote counted. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Speaking at a function in Strathfield, NSW Premier DominicPerrottet praised Ms Sakr's campaign, predicting she would win the seat at the next state election. Read and follow the instructions in the postal vote pack carefully. iVote is not available but see note below on postal voting. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. He served as Minister for Police from 1995 to 2001, and as Leader of the House until 2003, when he retired. In my opinion Jason is the one who has had the dream run- various interviews on ABC and ABS, a Fin Review and Daily Telegraph write-up. When the state seat of Strathfield was first contested in the 1980s and 1990s, the area was more Liberal leaning than NSW, but that trend disappeared as the electorate expanded further east and as the demography of the district changed. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. In Strathfield, Labor's Jason Yat-Sen Li narrowly narrowly leads Bridget Sakr in Sydney's inner west and is projected to win on preferences. Li was also a NSW Senate candidate in 1998 for Unity, a party with large Chinese-Australian membership formed in opposition to Pauline Hanson's One Nation. The Perrottet government faced by-elections in four electorates, with Labor claiming to have flipped Bega as part of a large swing against the Liberal and National Parties. Casuscelli was narrowly defeated at the 2015 election by Jodi McKay who increased her majority in 2019. If he cant win a relatively Labor seat, I would assume his political aspirations in the short to mid term would be halted. The NSW Electoral Commission pre-emptively sent postal ballots to all voters registered on the state electoral roll, under a regulation in a COVID amendment to the Electoral Act. But as counting progressed, Labor's Jason Yat-Sen Yi pulled ahead. [2], The NSW Electoral Commission pre-emptively sent postal ballots to all voters registered on the state electoral roll, under a regulation in a COVID amendment to the Electoral Act. "The idea that Monaro is ever a safe seat is never actually the case," she told the ABC. Playlet (talk) 13:24, 9 February 2022 (UTC), @El C: NSW Liberal Government found to have favoured Liberal electorates by distributing 96% of their controversial $252 million council grants program to their Liberal electorates with no merit-based assessment applied to those funded projects