Neither of which have anything to do with Strathfield. Dominic Perrottet faces litmus test during NSW by-elections. He had won the seat of Burwood in 1984, holding it for one term before it was abolished. This is the benefit of having diversity in parliament regardless of political party. The electorate covers 22.8 square kilometres. 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. Despite the low in-person turnout, Labor candidate Michael Holland was the first to claim victory. Dr Holland claimed victory just before 9pm on Saturday, saying, "it was time to celebrate a bit of history". Information on candidates and how-to-vote material can be sent to. She holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Sydney and has practiced in both the UK and Australia. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. News; NSW; NSW by-elections 2022: Perrottet government down three votes when parliament sits next week. The iVote online voting system was not used at these elections after the system failed during the NSW local government elections in December 2021. "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. NSW by-elections early results indicate large swing against coalition state government By Andrew Rickert 3:05am Feb 13, 2022 Early results from the NSW 'Super Saturday' by-elections indicate voters have turned against the coalition state government. 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. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "You must heed the message from the people of New South Wales in these by-election seats today. 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. . 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. 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. Sakr's life was upturned in February 2020 when her daughter and three cousins were killed while walking along Bettington Road in Oatlands. Live results and projections for New South Wales state by-elections New South Wales By-Elections 2022 Results Primary vote Two-candidate preferred. ABC News Homepage. Of course Playlet will say no, it is a pattern of inflexible black and white thinking. Whelan had held Ashfield since the 1976 election. Click for more details of two-party preferred results by polling place and vote type. [6] Other issues include challenges of overdevelopment and the number of high rise towers in the area. 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. Liberal candidateFiona Kotvojs's primary vote was about 35 per cent. "You have done an amazing job. 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% 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. Jason Yat-sen Li is set to win on a slim margin against the Liberal's Bridget Sakr. The full count in Willoughby is likely to be a close preference battle between James and Penn, with Premier Dominic Perrottet confident that the government will hold the seat. "The Premier of New South Wales needs to listen to that message. Most of the votes were postal, counted a week later on 19 February 2022. Current elections in NSW Wentworth Shire Council countback election - 27 Jul 2022 Election of one Councillor Shellharbour City Council election - 30 Jul 2022 Election of two Councillors in Ward A Singleton Council election - 30 Jul 2022 Election of nine Councillors See all current electionsarrow_forward For voterskeyboard_arrow_right The government needs to change direction. 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. 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The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. 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. Seems like Strathfield would have been a more realistic way for her to get into Parliament. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. Search. "The idea that Monaro is ever a safe seat is never actually the case," she told the ABC. And a seemingly bottomless pit of mail outs (received 3 already). Only some of the pre-polling votes were counted, so the tentative data is heavily skewed and biased at present. I think Jason is doing alright media coverage and presence wise (I dont think the media is ignoring his candidacy). She was re-elected in 2007, and served as a minister in the Labor government from 2008 to 2011. The Liberals narrowly won the 2PP at the Concord booth, McKay won it pretty comfortably. In 2007 she was chosen as Labor candidate for the state seat of Newcastle, narrowly elected against some local Labor Party opposition. Many thanks in advance @El C:. Farrellys strategy is to appeal only to the house owners who resent overdevelopment. 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%. So as I said above this article should not become a hit piece against one candidate days out from an election Playlet (talk) 21:05, 8 February 2022 (UTC). This link to Antony Green explains the very high number of postal votes. KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 07:14, 11 February 2022 (UTC). 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. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). 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. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Final figures have now been published for all four by-elections. 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. Super Saturday starts in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as punters head to the polls in 4 electorates around NSW. Strathfield Councillor Election. 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 . 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]. There would be no chance of her winning in Newtown as it is now by far a safe Green seat. They were struck by a vehicle driven by a drunk and drugged driver who lost control while speeding. Playlet (talk) 01:11, 7 February 2022 (UTC), @El C: Campaign controversy from Labor candidate Jason Yet-Sen Li who is a real estate director, newspaper article on page 2 today says "Mr Li [] is a director of a company providing accommodation services to international students [] despite Labor Party rules banning real estate agents from running for election", would it be at all possible for you to add this reference please, given the transparency currently being reported in this by-election: [2], @El C: I was going to add this newspaper reference, but wasn't able to, would it be at all possible for you to add this reference please: [1], @El C: Campaign controversy from Labor candidate Jason Yet-Sen Li who is a real estate director, newspaper article on page 2 today says "Mr Li [] is a director of a company providing accommodation services to international students [] despite Labor Party rules banning real estate agents from running for election", would it be at all possible for you to add this reference please, given the transparency currently being reported in this by-election: [2] KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 17:39, 8 February 2022 (UTC), I object to those changes.