It was first won in 1988 by Paul Zammit. Make no mistake that Labor has gone backwards," he said. Go to content language Ting Vit The government needs to change direction.". AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). If he cant win a relatively Labor seat, I would assume his political aspirations in the short to mid term would be halted. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. Voters in Willoughby were replacing outgoing Premier Gladys Berejiklian, with Independent Larissa Penn the unexpected second choice after a campaign on local environmental issues. Thanks for reminding me! Current elections in NSW Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council countback election - 7 Feb 2023 Election of one Councillor North Sydney Council (St Leonards Ward) countback election - 21 Feb 2023 Election of one Councillor 2023 NSW State election - 25 Mar 2023 Election of the 58th Parliament of NSW See all current electionsarrow_forward 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. It is too important to get wrong, and a message is loud and clear if you look at the results in these booths and in these seats.". He had served as a minister in the Wran Labor government from 1981 to 1984. 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. His data will be more comprehensive early next week, so perhaps a place holder is needed to reference his data and graph on the postal votes etc etc. Within statistics, we call this a non-representative sample with a high degree of built-in biases and sampling error. Zoe Zaczek Digital Reporter 2 min read February 12, 2022 - 6:00PM The party disappeared after the defeat of the Howard government in 2007. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/key-labor-candidate-says-parliament-needs-ethnic-diversity-targets-20190423-p51geh.html Full Preference Report. "The idea that Monaro is ever a safe seat is never actually the case," she told the ABC. "So, I just want to say how proud I am as a Liberal to be here standing before you and to thank all of you, party staff, members, volunteers and friends, standing in the rain as you did, thank you so, so much for your great contribution," he said at his victory function. Zammit resigned in 1996 to win election as member for Lowe at that year's Federal election and was succeeded at a by-election by Bruce MacCarthy. 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. Votes Percentages Swings. Bridget Sakr will be the member for Strathfield." Polls have now closed in NSW's four by-elections, but regraldess of the immediate result . 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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. Postal votes for voters marked as having voted will be rejected. Postal votes were checked against in-person voting rolls to prevent double voting. The Greens garner close to 10% of the votes in this State electoral district of Strathfield. New South Wales Strathfield By-election 2022 Polling Place Results 2022. Playlet appears to be the self-appointed gatekeeper for Labor. The Liberals and their candidate, Tim James, sustained a swing against themin Willoughby. Obviously, things must not have worked out. 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% Fiona Martin won it 53-47. 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. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. 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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. See how the night unfoldedwith ourby-elections blog. She was elected Labor Leader after the 2019 election but stood down after Labor performed poorly at the May 2021 Upper Hunter By-election. 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. [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. [3] KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 09:05, 11 February 2022 (UTC), Im at a Strathfield electorate polling station all day, and can confirm the number of people voting today is extremely low compared to previous years. "I hope to go on and represent my community now as a simple rural local Member of Parliament," he said. But as counting progressed, Labor's Jason Yat-Sen Yi pulled ahead. Playlet is blocking published facts. However, a majority is expected to vote early by optional postal vote, potentially adding weeks to the counting process. OLA North Strathfield. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. 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. ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green said Labor'sMichael Holland was set to win the seat with a swing of more than 13per cent. Her Coalitioncolleague Trent Zimmerman, the federal MP for North Sydney, described the resultas "a huge disappointment". 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. This is quite unreasonable and/or biased against her, and no one is standing up for her democratic rights here. 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. By-elections in Bega, Willoughby, Monaro and Strathfield will be held on February 12, with voters unable to vote online because of technological problems. Labor hope people forget about Shaqouett Moselmane and Murnains Aldi bag Chinese developer scandal. @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. . Booths in Strathfield have been split into three parts: east, south and west. 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Nichole Overall had a buffer of about5per cent over Labor'sBryce Wilson with more than30per cent of the vote counted. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. 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 electoratewas created in 1988and has never been won by Labor. 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? 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. Judge was re-elected on new boundaries at the 2007 election, but her majority was not enough to survive Labor's landslide 2011 defeat. Former labor leader and member for Strathfield Jodi McKay was the person who fought hard to Reinstate Shaqouett Moselmane to his power broker position after the AFP investigated him and raided his offices with allegations of accepting bribes from Chinese developers and so called Chinese friends of Labor. 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. Strathfield became an option because Labor needed a quick fix and also many in head office are still somewhat suspicious of Jason, and this would be a true test of his political character. Antony Green calls Strathfield and Monaro by-election results. 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. Funny How the worm turns in Labor politics. 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. I have tried to rectify this and bring in some balance by putting in the Campaign section but the negative points against Li keep coming, much of it unable to be shown to be of much significance in the campaign with only fleeting mentions in the sources. Election results in Strathfield at the 2019 NSW state election 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. Geography Inner West Sydney. 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 Burwood had been held by conservative candidates for close to a century before the ALP won it in 1978. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. I obviously expect the media to cover her because of i4give day, thats a no brainer. I strongly advocate for Courtney Buckley's bio to be filled in today, just like the 5 other candidates. "I'm really pleased that I've spent every day of the past four months fighting as hard as I can.". iVote is not available but see note below on postal voting. 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. News; NSW; NSW by-elections 2022: Perrottet government down three votes when parliament sits next week. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. Thousands of people across the four electorates cast their votes early at pre-poll centres and by using postal ballots. He volunteers at the Sydney Vegan Market, Plant Alive Festival, Super Furry Festival and through his involvement in the Animal Justice Party. Again, I do not object to the sources. - Ready : No results will be available prior to 6.00 pm on Election Night "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. Seems like Strathfield would have been a more realistic way for her to get into Parliament. 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. [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. 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 numbers are controlled by NSW power broker Shaqouett Moselmane, who administers a lot of the branches in the FEC. Both are good candidates, I have my reservations about Jason but there could be worse. 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. I am focused on the facts today, and moving forward in a positive and conducive manner for the benefit of this article. Polling Day is Saturday 12 February with pre-poll voting from Monday 31 January. I think Jason is doing alright media coverage and presence wise (I dont think the media is ignoring his candidacy). Final figures have now been published for all four by-elections. Whelan was succeeded by Strathfield mayor Virginia Judge in 2003. In Monaro, 23.1 per cent had cast a pre-poll and 15.3 per cent of postal votes had been returned. Get a wrap of the key stories and analysis from the ABC's chief politics writer Annabel Crabb. Party codes: (ALP) Labor, (LIB) Liberal, (GRN) Greens, (KSO) Keep Sydney Open, (CON) Australian Conservatives, (AJP) Animal Justice Party. Casuscelli was narrowly defeated at the 2015 election by Jodi McKay who increased her majority in 2019. It must listen to expert advice. 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). The iVote online voting system was not used at these elections after the system failed during the NSW local government elections in December 2021. The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. Labor's highest two-party preferred vote was 71.8% at Homebush West Public School, while the best Liberal result of 64.9% was recorded just over a kilometre away St John's Anglican Church in Strathfield. Strathfield absorbed parts of the abolished electorate of Ashfield in a redistribution ahead of the 1999 election, halving the seat's Liberal majority. The state seat based on Burwood and Strathfield had long been a Liberal voting enclave in Sydney's inner-west. ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green says Labor will win the NSW seat of Strathfield, and The Nationals will hold the seat of Monaro. Please add this line under the Campaign section @Canley: There is criticism Jason Yat-Sen Li is pro China's Belt and Road Initiative, and has not publicly retracted his 2019 statement of support that "Australia should consider investing in China's Belt and Road initiative". "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. . She holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Sydney and has practiced in both the UK and Australia. 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%). The media blackout started at midnight last night. Zammit served as a junior minister in the Coalition state government from 1991 to 1995. Bridget is extremely approachable and competent. @El C: please let me know today. In 2011, Judge lost to Liberal candidate Charles Casuscelli. ", 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. [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. He only held it for one term, as he resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 in protest over aircraft noise. . Judge was defeated by Liberal Charles Casuscelli after a swing of 19.4%. "We always knew it was going to be a tough fight here. KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 03:40, 12 February 2022 (UTC), https://antonygreen.com.au/2022-nsw-by-elections-tracking-the-early-vote/. The government needs to change direction. Booths inStrathfield have been split into three parts: east, south and west. In the Age, its reported that Elizabeth Farrelly tried to seek ALP preselection for Newtown. Unity was a small party formed in opposition to Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Prior to the 1999 election, Strathfield was redrawn to take in parts of the abolished Labor seat of Ashfield, cutting back McCarthys margin. Polling place results. Click for more details of two-party preferred results by polling place and vote type. It includes the suburbs of Croydon, Burwood, Enfield, Strathfield, Croydon Park, North Strathfield, Strathfield South and parts of Homebush. He was in nearly every photo with Burwood Mayor John Faker at the Citizenship Ceremony on Australia Day, and has been interviewed by Local Media for Chinese New Year. NSW by-elections a 'huge disappointment' for Liberals as Labor claims Bega and Nationals hold Monaro. 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. Live results and projections for New South Wales state by-elections New South Wales By-Elections 2022 Results Primary vote Two-candidate preferred. Dominic Perrottet faces litmus test during NSW 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. 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. 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: "It always is for governments in by-elections. Read and follow the instructions in the postal vote pack carefully. While Labor isn't running a candidate in the seat, independent Larissa Penn is polling well. McKay was appointed to the Ministry in September 2008 and served in several portfolios before losing Newcastle at the 2011 election. 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. 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 Senate was a last-ditch effort, he fell short in Bennelong, looked at running for Banks but lost pre-selection and Banks became too Liberal, Reid also became an option but too Liberal now, and Barton is one of the safer Labor seats in Sydney that he has a chance of winning preselection. 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. 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. However, he also resides mainly in Cremorne. They were struck by a vehicle driven by a drunk and drugged driver who lost control while speeding. Li holds Arts and Law degrees from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Law from New York University Law School. Green called it for the Opposition with just over 20 per cent of the vote counted. ABC News Homepage. Farrelly is an author, architecture critic, essayist, columnist and public speaker. Born to Greek parents, Robertson is living with a significant physical disability and gets about in a motorised wheelchair. 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. In 1996, he resigned from Strathfield and won the federal seat of Lowe. 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. This is the benefit of having diversity in parliament regardless of political party. For the first time all electors will be sent a postal vote pack. NSW by-elections 2022 - Live Results. Of course Playlet will say no, it is a pattern of inflexible black and white thinking. 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]. 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. 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. In Strathfield, these numbers were 16.3 per cent and 26.4 per cent respectively. He contested Granville at the 2019 NSW election and Reid seven weeks later at the 2019 Federal election. 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 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. 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. 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. At the 1999 election, McCarthy lost to the ALPs Paul Whelan, the sitting Member for Ashfield. McKay resigned the Labor leadership in May 2021 and stepped down from Strathfield in October 2021. Interestingly, the area would fall under the right normally but Burney herself is a member of the Left. The Monaro by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Strathfield and Willoughby. Can somebody please explain where the Allawah comes from? I also do not necessarily object to the sources being used in an article about Li if one gets created. Plus Burwood has been swamped by red shirts and nearly half of the Labor State and Federal caucus. 12 February 2022 Strathfield State by-election Final count reports: Check Count First . The 1996 Strathfield by-election was won by the Liberal Partys Bruce McCarthy. The counting of postal ballot papers will begin on Saturday 19 February. 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. The premier insisted Labor's vote had gone backwards in the electorate and vowed Ms Sakr would "win the election next year. Distribution of Preferences. Antony Green is the ABC's Chief Elections Analyst. The media for some reason is Showing Bias to Bridget Sakr. Strathfield's almost 80,000 constituents will head to the polls next Saturday to cast their ballot for one of six candidates.