2021 New South Wales Labor Party leadership election

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2021 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) leadership election
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Candidate Chris Minns
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Leader before election

Jodi McKay

Elected Leader

Chris Minns

An election for the leadership of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party was held in June 2021., triggered by the resignation of Leader Jodi McKay on 28 May 2021. [1]

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Nominations for the leadership opened at 11:00 AEST on 4 June 2021. [2] Each candidate would have had 48 hours to produce at least 15 signatures from caucus members to nominate. With Chris Minns as the only candidate to nominate for the leadership, he was elected unopposed as the new party leader. [3] Prue Car was elected unopposed as deputy party leader four days later. [4]

Background

Following Labor's loss in the 2021 Upper Hunter by-election, then-leader Jodi McKay resigned under pressure from the party caucus. [1] Initially the leadership election saw former opposition leader Michael Daley, who led Labor to a defeat in the 2019 New South Wales state election declare his candidacy for a second time on 30 May 2021. Chris Minns would subsequently announce his candidacy for a third time the next day, having lost to Daley and McKay in previous ballots. On 4 June 2021, on the date nominations opened, Daley announced his withdrawal from the election citing the lack of support and "for the good of the party". [3] The leadership election represents the fifth time that Labor has changed its leadership since the defeat in the 2011 election with only two leaders having led the party to an election as of 2021.

Candidates

Under party rules, if there were more than one candidate, the election would be a combined vote by the party membership and the Labor members of the Parliament of New South Wales, with each component weighted equally. [2] As there was only one candidate (Chris Minns) nominated for leadership, Minns was elected unopposed.

Declared

List of Chris Minns endorsements

Members of the New South Wales Parliament
State Officials and Members of Parliament
Local Government Officials
Other Figures
Media Organisations and Newspapers

Withdrew

Declined

Controversies

Daley

On 31 May 2021, a number of Asian Australian members and elected officials of NSW Labor released a joint statement criticising Michael Daley's candidacy citing comments made in 2018 about how residents in New South Wales were "being replaced by young people from typically Asia with PhDs." [28] [29] While Daley apologised about the comments prior to the 2019 state election, many have attributed the swing against the ALP in electorates in the Georges River local government area in the 2019 election owing to Daley's comments. The Georges River local government area sees over 22.8% of residents having Chinese ancestry according to the 2016 census and includes the electorates of Kogarah and Oatley. Both electorates saw a heavy swing against the ALP in 2019 with Oatley seeing a swing towards the Liberal Party of Australia from 6.6% in 2015 to 10.3% in 2019 while Kogarah, held by prospective leadership candidate Chris Minns went from 6.9% to less than 2% in the same election. [30] [31] [32] [33] On 1 June 2021, Daley apologised again on ABC Radio for his "offensive" comments. [34]

Minns

A report by The Daily Telegraph on 31 May reported that the head office of NSW Labor was "encouraging" members of the caucus to support Minns' candidacy for the leadership to avoid a contested ballot. [35] In addition, another report by The Daily Telegraph also stated that Shadow Minister for Health Ryan Park decided not to contest the leadership to ensure a quick succession of leadership. [36] The 2019 leadership election which saw outgoing leader Jodi McKay defeating Minns went for 22 days to finalise a result.

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Senior Labor MPs publicly endorse Chris Minns to end bruising ballot battle". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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  4. ↑ "Londonderry MP Prue Car elected Deputy Leader of NSW Labor". Western Weekender. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Chris Minns officially enters NSW Labor leadership battle". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Sydney, New South Wales. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ↑ @pruecar (2 June 2021). "After ten years of this Government, hardworking families are spending more time in traffic, paying more tolls and spending less time with their families. @MinnsChris shares my commitment to working families. He's the best candidate for the future of Sydney and our state" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  14. ↑ @RoseBJackson (2 June 2021). "Hey #nswpol, Here's why I'm supporting @MinnsChris to be NSW Labor Leader. You all know I like talking (😜) but did you also know I like doing?! I want Labor in Govt in 2023 and I think Chris has the attitude, ideas and energy to get us there. ❤️ Rose" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  16. ↑ Chris Minns [@MinnsChris] (3 June 2021). "I believe the Leader of the Opposition's job is to explain to the people of NSW what we'd do differently not just what the Government's done wrong. Take a listen 👇 #nswpol" (Tweet). Retweeted by @TaniaMihailukMP – via Twitter.
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  19. ↑ @GuyZangariMP (2 June 2021). "In 2019 @MinnsChris had my support, 2021 is no different! Looking towards the positives" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  21. ↑ Chris Minns [@MinnsChris] (31 May 2021). "Today I announced I will be a candidate for the leadership of the NSW Labor Party. #nswpol" (Tweet). Retweeted by @Tony__Bowen – via Twitter.
  22. ↑ @ChristouSteve (2 June 2021). "I support Chris Minns to be leader of the NSW Labor Party. As Mayor of Cumberland City Council I look forward to working with elected representatives and party leaders who have the communities best interest at heart regardless of what political party they belong too" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ↑ Chris Minns [@MinnsChris] (31 May 2021). "It's time for Labor to start coming up with ideas to drive NSW forward. I have a positive vision for NSW Labor, and I need your support. #nswpol" (Tweet). Retweeted by @evanevanhughes – via Twitter.
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  27. ↑ Humphries, Glen (24 May 2021). "Illawarra MPs Ryan Park, Paul Scully named as potential leaders". Illawara Mercury. Wollongong, New South Wales . Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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  29. ↑ @kunhuang1990 (30 May 2021). ""I watched Michael Daley's press conference on Sunday. It is apparent to me that Michael has not learned or understands how hurtful the comments he made back in 2019 were to Asian Australian communities."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  31. ↑ "Oatley: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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