This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. The first postal votes will not be opened until next weekend, meaning the final results will not be known until later this month. Go to content language Ting Vit The seat was held until 1999 by the Liberal Party, and by Labor from 1999 to 2011, when the Liberal Party won it back. Geography Inner West Sydney. Booths inStrathfield have been split into three parts: east, south and west. language. National Nichole Overall in Monaro and Liberal Tim James in Willoughby are ahead in their counts, with both candidates celebrating but reluctant to claim victory with so many votes outstanding. (Click here for full size map), Maps courtesy of the NSW Electoral Commission. 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. @JS She used to live in Redfern (in the Newtown electorate), she moved to Homebush last year and attempted unsuccessfully to get Labor preselection, so she is now an Independent candidate. 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%). Strathfield absorbed parts of the abolished electorate of Ashfield in a redistribution ahead of the 1999 election, halving the seat's Liberal majority. Why Perrottet is putting on a brave face We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. In the Age, its reported that Elizabeth Farrelly tried to seek ALP preselection for Newtown. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. I have contributed to 5 out of the 6 candidates in a positive manner using published facts from the ABC, the SMH and the NSW AEC. LJ Davidson Very nice of you to so patient. "It always is for governments in by-elections. Antony Green calls Strathfield and Monaro by-election results. Strathfield has the fourth highest proportion of residents who commute by public transport (38.2%). Full display of results: Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby. To improve your experience, Sharks vs Rabbitohs live NRL match centre. Maybe overdoing it slightly. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. Voters in Willoughby were replacing outgoing Premier Gladys Berejiklian, with Independent Larissa Penn the unexpected second choice after a campaign on local environmental issues. He is somewhat of a political nomad moving around until he can eventually get into parliament, which I dont think is the optimum start for any politician. Assessment Strathfield is a reasonably marginal seat, but it seems unlikely the Liberal Party could win this by-election. Sakr spent more than three decades working in the financial services sector, and is the co-founder of a home loans business. Read and follow the instructions in the postal vote pack carefully. 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He served as Minister for Police from 1995 to 2001, and as Leader of the House until 2003, when he retired. Zoe Zaczek Digital Reporter 2 min read February 12, 2022 - 6:00PM McKay was the presenter of NBN television news in Newcastle for 15 years before working in marketing and communications and later establishing her own corporate, media and public relations business. [6] Other issues include challenges of overdevelopment and the number of high rise towers in the area. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Then hed have to be looking at Local Government or just squeaking into the Upper House. Go to content. WestSydPol YOU SERIOUSLY CANT WORK IT OUT !!??? [2] I have seen 0 news coverage of Jason Yat-Sen Li and sure I expected more coverage of Bridget Sakr when she announced her candidacy for obvious reasons but cmon, having coverage of sign stealing for Sakr and having absolutely 0 news for Yat Sen Li simply isnt right. (See graph below map.). NSW by-elections 2022 Results - ABC News 1 / 2 NSW by-elections 2022 Results Sort Bega ALP gain 12.0% swing to ALP 85.5 % turnout, final figures Monaro NAT retain 6.4% swing to ALP 83.2 % turnout, final figures Strathfield ALP retain 0.8% swing to ALP 80.7 % turnout, final figures Willoughby LIB retain 17.7% swing to IND "I want to congratulate Tim James and the campaign team at Willoughby," said Perrottet, "and also acknowledge the former Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian for everything that she has done in service of the people of Willoughby and importantly as Premier of our great state, particularly over the last two years, what has been an incredibly difficult time.". "We always knew it was going to be a tough fight here. It's Saturday 12 February 2022, by-election day in NSW. Labor polled 54.4% in Strathfield on election day, rising to 55.0% with the addition of pre-poll, absent and other categories of declaration vote. February 2022 State By-Elections 12-FEB-2022 Two Candidate Preferred Report Parliamentary Election: Strathfield Report was last updated on - 26/02/2022 1:31:20 PM. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. She went straight back to the frontbench after returning to parliament in 2015, and was elected Labor leader after the 2019 election. Strathfield By-election - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results - ABC News Strathfield By-election - NSW Election 2022 Share 80.7 % turnout, final figures ALP retain Jason Yat-Sen Li elected 0.8% swing to ALP Preference count Liberal Party Bridget Sakr 44.2% 17,160 Labor Jason Yat-Sen Li 55.8% 21,670 50% @Redistributed- Allawah comes from his candidate declaration https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/Elections/State-government-elections/Strathfield-By-election/nominated-candidates Long story short, he wants to get into Federal politics. Can somebody please explain where the Allawah comes from? Full Preference Report. Burwood had been held by conservative candidates for close to a century before the ALP won it in 1978. "You have done an amazing job. Postal vote processing will not begin until Wednesday 16 February, after rolls for in-person voting have been scanned. At the 2019 election, pre-polls represented 11.5% of enrolment, and Postal and iVotes together 8.2%. Like I said I am happy to work with you to improve the page but it has to be relevant to the topic Playlet (talk) 20:33, 9 February 2022 (UTC). Polls have now closed in NSW's four by-elections, but regraldess of the immediate result . The electorate covers 22.8 square kilometres. Strathfield, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was first established in 1988, largely replacing Burwood. The government needs to change direction. @LJ Davidson. In Strathfield, these numbers were 16.3 per cent and 26.4 per cent respectively. 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. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. It is undefendable to allow her bio to remain blank. The government needs to change direction.". Former transport minister and Bega MP Andrew Constanceresigned from the NSW parliament last year to concentrate on a tilt at federal politics. @El C: please let me know today. It includes the suburbs of Croydon, Burwood, Enfield, Strathfield, Croydon Park, North Strathfield, Strathfield South and parts of Homebush. 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. New South Wales Strathfield By-election 2022 Polling Place Results 2022. The electoratewas created in 1988and has never been won by Labor. And in Willoughby they were 9.6 per cent and 28.1 per cent respectively. All Australians, who are eligible to vote, choose people to represent them at three levels of government. You can also see that I have contributed positively to Labor in the edit history here over the last few days. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. All candidates may have negative points. But as counting progressed, Labor's Jason Yat-Sen Yi pulled ahead. Most people won't read that far down, and most people aren't aware of the inherent statistical sampling methodological flaws. 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. Prior to the 1999 election, Strathfield was redrawn to take in parts of the abolished Labor seat of Ashfield, cutting back McCarthys margin. 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. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from University of Sydney and a Graduate Certificate in Humans Resource Management from UTS. After the defeat she moved to Sydney and took up a job as Communications Director for Family Planning NSW. I dont think it will be the last we see of either of them, post-election and both will end up in Parliament in some way, shape or form. Having it isolated in this section gives the impression of an edit for partisan gain. [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. 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. 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. Postal votes will be checked against in-person voting rolls to prevent double voting. Venue and Vote Types ROBERTSON Ellie (SAP) . Ms Overall said the campaign had been a "tough fight". 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"The idea that Monaro is ever a safe seat is never actually the case," she told the ABC. She also gave a rather dignified response to the theft of her posters, and didnt assign blame to anyone. February 2022 State By-Elections 12-FEB-2022 First Preference Votes Report Parliamentary Election: Strathfield Report was last updated on - 26/02/2022 1:31:20 PM. Longer term residents in the area will still remember the Unity Party that he started which managed to win quite a few council seats in this area on an anti-One Nation platform, but turned out to be just another front for developers, and a few of them got arrested for corruption. 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. The Liberals narrowly won the 2PP at the Concord booth, McKay won it pretty comfortably. It appears only 20% are voting today, with the rest by postal vote or pre-polling. The government has brushed off suggestions of the overall importance of these by-elections, with Liberal MP Victor Dominello explaining a swing against the government was expected in by-elections. The party disappeared after the defeat of the Howard government in 2007. Farrelly is an author, architecture critic, essayist, columnist and public speaker. On the other hand, there is real resentment against the Liberal government for classifying Burwood and Strathfield as LGAs of concern on flimsy grounds, and Sakr suffers from having no positive messages to draw in voters who are not rusted on Liberal or Maronite. 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. It must have commonsense solutions to difficult problems. 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. She holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Sydney and has practiced in both the UK and Australia. While Labor isn't running a candidate in the seat, independent Larissa Penn is polling well. First the issue of the Belt and Road, the source is Epoch Times which is not considered a reliable source. Click for more details of two-party preferred results by polling place and vote type. He had won the seat of Burwood in 1984, holding it for one term before it was abolished. [3], One of the major issues of the campaign is the impacts of COVID-19 on business and the lives of the constituents, and the perceptions of Dominic Perrottet's handling of the virus. Full display of results: Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby. "The Premier of New South Wales needs to listen to that message. 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. The iVote online voting system will not be used at these elections after the system failed during the NSW local government elections in December 2021. Born to Greek parents, Robertson is living with a significant physical disability and gets about in a motorised wheelchair. . Even if it was it is a policy issue not part of the candidate's background. She was elected Labor Leader after the 2019 election but stood down after Labor performed poorly at the May 2021 Upper Hunter By-election. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Saturday, February 19 The Willoughby count has been updated with 9673 postals on the primary vote, and while these have leaned less heavily to the Liberals than postals did in 2019, they suggest Tim James' lead is likely to widen from here rather than narrow. I am focused on the facts today, and moving forward in a positive and conducive manner for the benefit of this article. Li holds Arts and Law degrees from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Law from New York University Law School. They were struck by a vehicle driven by a drunk and drugged driver who lost control while speeding. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. McKay won the 2PP at the booth at Strathfield Girls High 53-47. ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green said Labor's Michael Holland was set to win the seat with a swing of more than 13 per cent. Mr James described himself as a "loyal long-term Liberal". Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. Thousands of people across the four electorates cast their votes early at pre-poll centres and by using postal ballots. NSW by-elections 2022 - Live Results. I'm a by-election baby," he said. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. In 1996, he resigned from Strathfield and won the federal seat of Lowe. 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. The election was seen by many as the first real test of new Premier Dominic Perrottet, with his government's management of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the wave of Omicron cases, coming under the microscope before the state heads the polls in March 2023. Fiona Martin won it 53-47. indicate voters have turned against the coalition state government. 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. 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).. Postal votes for voters marked as having voted will be rejected. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green says Labor will win the NSW seat of Strathfield, and The Nationals will hold the seat of Monaro. [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. The Greens garner close to 10% of the votes in this State electoral district of Strathfield. Make no mistake that Labor has gone backwards," he said. So overall, I think a Labor hold, but perhaps tighter than they anticipated. From 1996 to 1998 Li worked for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands and in 1998 returned to Australia to lead a number of political campaigns including high profile involvment in the campaign for Australia to become a Republic.
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