I think Jason is doing alright media coverage and presence wise (I dont think the media is ignoring his candidacy). There would be no chance of her winning in Newtown as it is now by far a safe Green seat. He only held it for one term, as he resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 in protest over aircraft noise. "You have done an amazing job. Jason, like many Labor hopefuls, was sniffing around waiting for Linda Burney to retire to then run for Barton, hence the Allawah address. Plus Burwood has been swamped by red shirts and nearly half of the Labor State and Federal caucus. 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% However, speaking at Labor's party in the electorate, Opposition Leader Chris Minns had a different take. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. 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. 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%). NSW by-elections a 'huge disappointment' for Liberals as Labor claims Bega and Nationals hold Monaro. Auto news:Shock new reason behind car delays - drive.com.au, Your web browser is no longer supported. @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. NSW STATE ELECTION RESULTS 2022 Saturday 12 February 2022 State Electoral District of Strathfield Two Candidate Preferred - Check Count in Progress. Perhaps thats why the media is covering her. 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. Click for more details of two-party preferred results by polling place and vote type. Polls have now closed in NSW's four by-elections, but regraldess of the immediate result . Her Coalitioncolleague Trent Zimmerman, the federal MP for North Sydney, described the resultas "a huge disappointment". 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. 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. 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. Antony Green is the ABC's Chief Elections Analyst. Labor hope people forget about Shaqouett Moselmane and Murnains Aldi bag Chinese developer scandal. Playlet (talk) 13:24, 9 February 2022 (UTC), @El C: NSW Liberal Government found to have favoured Liberal electorates by distributing 96% of their controversial $252 million council grants program to their Liberal electorates with no merit-based assessment applied to those funded projects At the 1999 election, McCarthy lost to the ALPs Paul Whelan, the sitting Member for Ashfield. "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. Votes Percentages Swings. @WestSydPol it was the 2 year anniversary of her daughters tragic death at the hands of a drugged driver. 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. 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. Get a wrap of the key stories and analysis from the ABC's chief politics writer Annabel Crabb. [2] [1], The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. "You must heed the message from the people of New South Wales in these by-election seats today. This is happening days out from an election. Zoe Zaczek Digital Reporter 2 min read February 12, 2022 - 6:00PM McKay had previously represented Newcastle from 2007 until 2011, and had served as a minister from 2008 until 2011. 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. I'm a by-election baby," he said. Whelan had held Ashfield since the 1976 election. 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. If he cant win a relatively Labor seat, I would assume his political aspirations in the short to mid term would be halted. 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. Many thanks in advance. 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. ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green said Labor'sMichael Holland was set to win the seat with a swing of more than 13per cent. The Strathfield by-election is being held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega Monaro and Willoughby. Antony Green calls Strathfield and Monaro by-election results. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Dominic Perrottet faces litmus test during NSW by-elections. Noting state Upper House member Rose Jackson and her husband, former Reid candidate, Sam Crosby have moved to the area. KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 12:04, 14 February 2022 (UTC), For the bio section, would it be possible to add Courtney Buckley is a photographer please? Read and follow the instructions in the postal vote pack carefully. two-party preferred results by polling place and vote type. The media for some reason is Showing Bias to Bridget Sakr. @KoalaAussieBlue: It is better to sort out the issues with the article here rather than edit warring. Mr James described himself as a "loyal long-term Liberal". 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? AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Thousands of people across the four electorates cast their votes early at pre-poll centres and by using postal ballots. 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. Liberal Paul Zammit won Burwood back for the Liberal Party in 1984 and was elected as the first MP for Strathfield in 1988. 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. Super Saturday starts in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as punters head to the polls in 4 electorates around NSW. Live results: see who's ahead in each seat. All candidates may have negative points. Strathfield absorbed parts of the abolished electorate of Ashfield in a redistribution ahead of the 1999 election, halving the seat's Liberal majority. The Liberals narrowly won the 2PP at the Concord booth, McKay won it pretty comfortably. Again, I do not object to the sources. It is undefendable to allow her bio to remain blank. I obviously expect the media to cover her because of i4give day, thats a no brainer. She went straight back to the frontbench after returning to parliament in 2015, and was elected Labor leader after the 2019 election. Farrelly is an author, architecture critic, essayist, columnist and public speaker. 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Booths in Strathfield have been split into three parts: east, south and west. 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. . 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 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. 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. NSW by-elections 2022 - Live Results. [1] For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for 2022 Strathfield state by-election . Ms Overall said the campaign had been a "tough fight". He contested Granville at the 2019 NSW election and Reid seven weeks later at the 2019 Federal election. 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. 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. Bridget is extremely approachable and competent. Go to content. Green called it for the Opposition with just over 20 per cent of the vote counted. 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]. You are a better man than i cheers wd. Zammit served as a junior minister in the Coalition state government from 1991 to 1995. 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. [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. @El C: The Greens candidate Courtney Buckley has no info in her bio section. Access and review the results of past State government elections run by the NSW Electoral Commission. KoalaAussieBlue (talk) 07:14, 11 February 2022 (UTC). 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. Li holds Arts and Law degrees from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Law from New York University Law School. Will be interesting to see when I go to pre-poll today. Party codes: (ALP) Labor, (LIB) Liberal, (GRN) Greens, (KSO) Keep Sydney Open, (CON) Australian Conservatives, (AJP) Animal Justice Party. Funny How the worm turns in Labor 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).. OLA North Strathfield. The seat was held until 1999 by the Liberal Party, and by Labor from 1999 to 2011, when the Liberal Party won it back. 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. But you have failed to demonstrate that these issues belong in an article about this by-election. Neither of which have anything to do with Strathfield. 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.