Cause of by-election Sitting Labor MP Jodi McKay announced her retirement from parliament in October 2021, following her loss of the Labor leadership in May 2021. KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 07:28, 13 February 2022 (UTC), KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 07:28, 13 February 2022 (UTC), For the bio section, would it be possible to add Courtney Buckley is a photographer please? Even without that, its questionable whether the professionals, small business owners and students who make up the Asian population of this area will necessarily find a North Shore hedge fund guy that endearing. Antony Green is the ABC's Chief Elections Analyst. Full display of results: Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby. 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. Votes Percentages Swings. 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). The party disappeared after the defeat of the Howard government in 2007. Postal votes will be checked against in-person voting rolls to prevent double voting. 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. Her Coalitioncolleague Trent Zimmerman, the federal MP for North Sydney, described the resultas "a huge disappointment". Thousands of people across the four electorates cast their votes early at pre-poll centres and by using postal ballots. 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. Fiona Martin won it 53-47. "The idea that Monaro is ever a safe seat is never actually the case," she told the ABC. Strathfield covers parts of Ashfield, Burwood, Canada Bay, Canterbury and Strathfield local government areas, specifically the suburbs of Croydon, Burwood, Enfield, Homebush andStrathfield. Distribution of Preferences. Interestingly, the area would fall under the right normally but Burney herself is a member of the Left. @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. 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. "The Premier of New South Wales needs to listen to that message. [6] Other issues include challenges of overdevelopment and the number of high rise towers in the area. For many years Farrelly wrote an at times controversial column for the Sydney Morning Heralnd on architecture, planning and politics. 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).. https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/Elections/State-government-elections/Strathfield-By-election/nominated-candidates, NSW 2023 where preferences have flowed over time, Podcast #86: Introduction to the NSW election, When local council parties break into state politics. "I've been here [in Bega] pretty much all day, in Strathfield for three or four days, and not once has anybody come up and said they were particularly upset or angry at the government on a given issue. Unity was a small party formed in opposition to Pauline Hanson's One Nation. The first postal votes will not be opened until next weekend, meaning the final results will not be known until later this month. At the 1999 election, McCarthy lost to the ALPs Paul Whelan, the sitting Member for Ashfield. Antony Green calls Strathfield and Monaro by-election results, Scientists hope to learn new tricks from dogs from radioactive Chernobyl, Prime Minister dismisses Greens' calls to expand scale of super changes, Alex Murdaugh handed two life sentences for murder of wife, son, Bakhmut under siege as Ukrainian defenders consider retreat, International drug operation stops $1b worth of cocaine, Magnificent aurora australis stuns stargazers in Western Australia, How to spot greenwashing terms in fashion, food and cosmetics, Newly-engineered varieties of fruits to land in Australia, 54 people drowned on the Australian coast over summer period. 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. Live results: see who's ahead in each seat. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. Sakr's life was upturned in February 2020 when her daughter and three cousins were killed while walking along Bettington Road in Oatlands. Postal vote processing will not begin until Wednesday 16 February, after rolls for in-person voting have been scanned. Plus Burwood has been swamped by red shirts and nearly half of the Labor State and Federal caucus. I am focused on the facts today, and moving forward in a positive and conducive manner for the benefit of this article. Casuscelli was narrowly defeated at the 2015 election by Jodi McKay who increased her majority in 2019. [3]. [2] . Nichole Overall had a buffer of about5per cent over Labor'sBryce Wilson with more than30per cent of the vote counted. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. I strongly advocate for Courtney Buckley's bio to be filled in today, just like the 5 other candidates. 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. Then hed have to be looking at Local Government or just squeaking into the Upper House. 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. 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. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). New South Wales Strathfield By-election 2022 Polling Place Results 2022. Neither of which have anything to do with Strathfield. In nearly a century of existence, Burwood had only been won by Labor at the pair of 'Wranslide' elections in 1978 and 1981. "The Premier of New South Wales needs to listen to that message. Casuscelli held Strathfield for one term, losing in 2015 to Labor candidate Jodi McKay. Whelan had held Ashfield since the 1976 election. He served as Minister for Police from 1995 to 2001, and as Leader of the House until 2003, when he retired. While Labor isn't running a candidate in the seat, independent Larissa Penn is polling well. 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. @LJ Davidson. 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. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). But when the media covers her when strangers taking down her signs at the dead of night Like really, That happens every election. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. 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. Geography Inner West Sydney. 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. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/key-labor-candidate-says-parliament-needs-ethnic-diversity-targets-20190423-p51geh.html I obviously expect the media to cover her because of i4give day, thats a no brainer. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. But as counting progressed, Labor's Jason Yat-Sen Yi pulled ahead. Votes werealso held in the electorates of Willoughby, Strathfield and Monaro. Whelan was succeeded by Strathfield mayor Virginia Judge in 2003. 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. 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. NSW voters hit the polls for Super Saturday by-elections in Bega, Monaro, Willoughby and Strathfield New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet and Opposition Leader Chris Minns were put to the test on Saturday as thousands of residents hit the polls for four by-elections. In Monaro, 23.1 per cent had cast a pre-poll and 15.3 per cent of postal votes had been returned. 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 writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. 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 seat had been vacated by former premier Gladys Berejiklian, who resigned amid a corruption probe into her ex-boyfriend last year. You have entered an incorrect email address! "You must heed the message from the people of New South Wales in these by-election seats today. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. Two words showed something was wrong with the system, After centuries of Murdaugh rule in the Deep South, the family's power ends with a life sentence for murder, Flooding in southern Malaysia forces 40,000 people to flee homes, When Daniel picked up a dropped box on a busy road, he had no idea it would lead to the 'best present ever', Plans to redevelop 'eyesore' on prime riverside land fall apart as billionaires exit, Labor's pledge for mega koala park in south-west Sydney welcomed by conservation groups, Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan actor, dies aged 61. Saturday 12th February 2022 - NSW By-Elections - Bega / Monaro / Strathfield / Willoughby. This is the benefit of having diversity in parliament regardless of political party. Election results in Strathfield at the 2019 NSW state election 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. Why Perrottet is putting on a brave face Go to content. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. The other high-profile retirement, that of former Labor leader Jodi McKay in Strathfield, led to a close battle between Labor candidate Jason Yat-Sen Li and Liberal Bridget Sakr. Playlet is blocking published facts. Liberal Paul Zammit won Burwood back for the Liberal Party in 1984 and was elected as the first MP for Strathfield in 1988. Strathfield Councillor Election. 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. Maybe overdoing it slightly. i was pleased about Jasons election night speech when he denounced the racism that Asian Australians have recently including being accused of dual loyalty and the patriotism of political opponents has been questioned for short term political gain. Party codes: (ALP) Labor, (LIB) Liberal, (GRN) Greens, (KSO) Keep Sydney Open, (CON) Australian Conservatives, (AJP) Animal Justice Party. Perhaps thats why the media is covering her. [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. She also gave a rather dignified response to the theft of her posters, and didnt assign blame to anyone. - Ready : No results will be available prior to 6.00 pm on Election Night The electorate has the state's third highest proportion of residents aged 15-24 (16.2%) related to having the fourth highest proportion attending University (12.8%). He had won the seat of Burwood in 1984, holding it for one term before it was abolished. Li was the Labor candidate for Bennelong at the 2013 Federal election, a Labor candidate for the NSW Senate in 2019 and had again been chosen as the third Labor Senate candidate for the 2022 election before being announced as Labor's candidate for Strathfield. 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 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. You can also see that I have contributed positively to Labor in the edit history here over the last few days. "It's been an incredible swing to our party, it's been a plebiscite on a couple of things, it's been a reflection of the community's response to the current government and our need to be heard with our concerns," said Holland. He only held it for one term, as he resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 in protest over aircraft noise. Despite the low in-person turnout, Labor candidate Michael Holland was the first to claim victory. That history lives on today in the wide streets and large properties that are a feature of the Strathfield Council area. Dominic Perrottet faces litmus test during NSW by-elections. All Australians, who are eligible to vote, choose people to represent them at three levels of government. The incumbent minority Liberal/National Coalition government, led by Premier Dominic . 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. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Venue and Vote Types ROBERTSON Ellie (SAP) . Liberal candidateFiona Kotvojs's primary vote was about 35 per cent. 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. Voters heavily favoured pre-poll and postal voting as part of COVID-19 pandemic measures, with less than a quarter of voters casting ordinary votes today. Election Count Status; Status Achieved; Ready: 04/12/2021 17:00: Commenced: 04/12/2021 18:43: Final for Saturday: 04/12/2021 23:02: Continuing: 06/12/2021 09:30: Polls have now closed in NSW's four by-elections, but regraldess of the immediate result . Will be interesting to see when I go to pre-poll today. 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. Polling place results. [3] 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. Having it isolated in this section gives the impression of an edit for partisan gain. Sakr spent more than three decades working in the financial services sector, and is the co-founder of a home loans business. KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 00:54, 15 February 2022 (UTC) KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 00:54, 15 February 2022 (UTC), Protected edit request on 8 February 2022, Protected edit request on 11 February 2022, Protected edit request on 11 February 2022 (2), Protected edit request on 13 February 2022, Protected edit request on 15 February 2022, Last edited on 20 February 2022, at 03:55, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment, https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/troubling-council-grants-program-lacked-integrity-nsw-auditor-general-20220208-p59uos.html, https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/key-labor-candidate-says-parliament-needs-ethnic-diversity-targets-20190423-p51geh.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:2022_Strathfield_state_by-election&oldid=1072921079, This page was last edited on 20 February 2022, at 03:55. [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. OLA North Strathfield: 302: 227: 54: 583: Check Count Complete: St Johns Strathfield: 142: 197: 43: 382: Check Count Complete: St Thomas Church Hall: 114: 146: 34: 294: 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. 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 . Your information is being handled in accordance with the. In Strathfield, these numbers were 16.3 per cent and 26.4 per cent respectively. It must listen to expert advice. 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. "We always knew it was going to be a tough fight here. 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. . 12 February 2022 Strathfield State by-election Final count reports: Check Count First . Strathfield has one of the highest proportions of non-English speakers, and the fear is that this could increase the rate of informal voting.[8]. She launched a national i4Give Day for victims families to assist with the healing/grieving process. @El C: The Greens candidate Courtney Buckley has no info in her bio section. Postal votes must be completed by polling day and returned by at latest Friday 25 February. In 2011, Judge lost to Liberal candidate Charles Casuscelli. Her campaign material seems to say she will fight for more roads, and is passionate about selling mortgages which are not the best of drawcards. Laxmanalal was born in Westmead and has lived in Western Sydney for most of his life and his professional background is in Finance and Mathematics. ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green said Labor'sMichael Holland was set to win the seat with a swing of more than 13per cent. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Again, I do not object to the sources. iVote is not available but see note below on postal voting. Strathfield, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was first established in 1988, largely replacing Burwood. Farrelly is an author, architecture critic, essayist, columnist and public speaker. 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. It was first won in 1988 by Paul Zammit. Strathfield absorbed parts of the abolished electorate of Ashfield in a redistribution ahead of the 1999 election, halving the seat's Liberal majority. This is happening days out from an election. 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 you have failed to demonstrate that these issues belong in an article about this by-election. Map of Polling Places 2021; List of Polling Places 2021; . 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. And in Willoughby they were 9.6 per cent and 28.1 per cent respectively. Auto news:Shock new reason behind car delays - drive.com.au, Your web browser is no longer supported. The Liberals narrowly won the 2PP at the Concord booth, McKay won it pretty comfortably. Go to content language Ting Vit In the Age, its reported that Elizabeth Farrelly tried to seek ALP preselection for Newtown. It's Saturday 12 February 2022, by-election day in NSW. Both are good candidates, I have my reservations about Jason but there could be worse. The 2016 Census reveals that Strathfield is as an electorate with one of the highest concentrations of residents with a migrant background. He had served as a minister in the Wran Labor government from 1981 to 1984. Strathfield State by-election 12 February 2022. The 1996 Strathfield by-election was won by the Liberal Partys Bruce McCarthy. Super Saturday starts in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as punters head to the polls in 4 electorates around NSW. It is undefendable to allow her bio to remain blank. It may belong on Berejiklians page or Barilaros page. Funny How the worm turns in Labor politics. He contested Granville at the 2019 NSW election and Reid seven weeks later at the 2019 Federal election. @El C: There are distracting accusations and emotive language being directed towards me here; I do wish to remain focused on the information being provided within this article, linked to reliable sources. . 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. @KoalaAussieBlue: It is better to sort out the issues with the article here rather than edit warring. Make no mistake that Labor has gone backwards," he said. Many thanks in advance @El C:. Playlet appears to be the self-appointed gatekeeper for Labor. 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. Seems like Strathfield would have been a more realistic way for her to get into Parliament. You are a better man than i cheers wd. The NSW government has been pushed further into minorityafter Labor won the seat of Bega for the first time in one of four by-elections held in the state. She would honestly get more votes running in the Willoughby by-election than here. ", Low income Aussies and pensioners could be forced out of homes, Identical twin gangsters got away with multiple murders for years, Businesses say housing costs a major factor behind worker shortage, Tony Robbins fans furious after waiting three years for cancelled show refunds. My two cents on the three main candidates: Labor seem to assume Jason Li will appeal to the ethnic vote (speaking as one in the area) his Bennelong run should have shown how unsafe this assumption is. He ran as an independent in Lowe at the 1998 federal election, losing to the ALPs John Murphy. Full Preference Report. The south-coast electorate has never been held by Labor since the seat was reinstated in 1988. Thanks for reminding me! Strathfield has the fourth highest proportion of residents who commute by public transport (38.2%). Noting state Upper House member Rose Jackson and her husband, former Reid candidate, Sam Crosby have moved to the area. Of course Playlet will say no, it is a pattern of inflexible black and white thinking. Jason Yat-sen Li is set to win on a slim margin against the Liberal's Bridget Sakr. KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 12:04, 14 February 2022 (UTC), For the bio section, would it be possible to add Courtney Buckley is a photographer please? Mr James claimed victory three hours into the countbut the government's once-comfortable margin of 21 per cent looked set to take a hit.