She went straight back to the frontbench after returning to parliament in 2015, and was elected Labor leader after the 2019 election. "It always is for governments in by-elections. SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY - STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT/CORRUPTION. She was elected Labor Leader after the 2019 election but stood down after Labor performed poorly at the May 2021 Upper Hunter By-election. Go to content. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. 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. 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. Plus Burwood has been swamped by red shirts and nearly half of the Labor State and Federal caucus. "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. 598 votes, 16 Informal (2.7%) First Preference . So overall, I think a Labor hold, but perhaps tighter than they anticipated. 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. 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For more details on the by-election visit the NSW Electoral Commission's website.The by-election has been caused by the resignation from Parliament of former Labor Leader Jodi McKay. Noting state Upper House member Rose Jackson and her husband, former Reid candidate, Sam Crosby have moved to the area. The iVote online voting system was not used at these elections after the system failed during the NSW local government elections in December 2021. To improve your experience, Sharks vs Rabbitohs live NRL match centre. "People generally keep to themselves and obviously reflect their intentions at the ballot box. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Strathfield was first created in 1988 to replace the abolished electorate of Burwood. 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 premier insisted Labor's vote had gone backwards in the electorate and vowed Ms Sakr would "win the election next year. 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. Will be interesting to see when I go to pre-poll today. Venue and Vote Types ROBERTSON Ellie (SAP) . McKay was a witness at the ICAC's 2014 inquiries into illegal political donations which uncovered evidence that former Labor figures had conspired with developers to defeat her in 2011. 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 Liberals narrowly won the 2PP at the Concord booth, McKay won it pretty comfortably. Live results: see who's ahead in each seat. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Votes werealso held in the electorates of Willoughby, Strathfield and Monaro. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). 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. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. Again, I do not object to the sources. He volunteers at the Sydney Vegan Market, Plant Alive Festival, Super Furry Festival and through his involvement in the Animal Justice Party. 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. This is happening days out from an election. @WestSydPol it was the 2 year anniversary of her daughters tragic death at the hands of a drugged driver. 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. 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. Search. [7], There was criticism from the chair of the Ethnic Communities' Council of NSW Peter Doukas that the voting packs that were sent out to voters was not sent out in multiple languages. The counting of postal ballot papers will begin on Saturday 19 February. Interestingly, the area would fall under the right normally but Burney herself is a member of the Left. Most people won't read that far down, and most people aren't aware of the inherent statistical sampling methodological flaws. 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% @KoalaAussieBlue: It is better to sort out the issues with the article here rather than edit warring. 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. 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 . 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. There is a pattern of attempted changes specifically targeting. iVote is not available but see note below on postal voting. 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. 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. He was also a named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Full Preference Report. The state seat based on Burwood and Strathfield had long been a Liberal voting enclave in Sydney's inner-west. 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. Ms Overall said the campaign had been a "tough fight". Green called it for the Opposition with just over 20 per cent of the vote counted. This is the benefit of having diversity in parliament regardless of political party. Whelan was succeeded by Strathfield mayor Virginia Judge in 2003. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). The iVote online voting system was not used at these elections after the system failed during the NSW local government elections in December 2021. @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. While Labor isn't running a candidate in the seat, independent Larissa Penn is polling well. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Coloured tab indicates seat won by a party forming government, Labor recorded two-party preferred majorities at 16 of the 18 polling places within Strathfield at the 2019 election, and also at three small external polling places. [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. Farrellys strategy is to appeal only to the house owners who resent overdevelopment. History The electoral district of Strathfield has existed since 1988. It appears only 20% are voting today, with the rest by postal vote or pre-polling. The government needs to change direction.". AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. The Greens garner close to 10% of the votes in this State electoral district of Strathfield. Voters in Willoughby were replacing outgoing Premier Gladys Berejiklian, with Independent Larissa Penn the unexpected second choice after a campaign on local environmental issues. 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. 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. McKay resigned the Labor leadership in May 2021 and stepped down from Strathfield in October 2021. You can also see that I have contributed positively to Labor in the edit history here over the last few days. (See graph below map.). [6] Other issues include challenges of overdevelopment and the number of high rise towers in the area. 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. Seems like Strathfield would have been a more realistic way for her to get into Parliament. Sakr spent more than three decades working in the financial services sector, and is the co-founder of a home loans business. 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". Live results and projections for New South Wales state by-elections New South Wales By-Elections 2022 Results Primary vote Two-candidate preferred. [6] Li has said that in theory he is not opposed to considering Chinese investment if the right opportunity came about. The media for some reason is Showing Bias to Bridget Sakr. 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 party disappeared after the defeat of the Howard government in 2007. 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. "The idea that Monaro is ever a safe seat is never actually the case," she told the ABC. Despite the low in-person turnout, Labor candidate Michael Holland was the first to claim victory. 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. [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. Strathfield's almost 80,000 constituents will head to the polls next Saturday to cast their ballot for one of six candidates. 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Obviously, things must not have worked out. Full display of results: Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby.