2022 Monaro state by-election

2022 Monaro state by-election

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Electoral district of Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Registered	57,982
Turnout	83.40% ( 8.43)
First party Second party   Candidate Nichole Overall Bryce Wilson Party National Labor Primary  vote 21,728 15,102 Percentage 45.96% 31.95% Swing 6.35 4.78 TCP 55.21% 44.80% TCP swing 6.41 6.41
MP before election John Barilaro National Elected MP Nichole Overall National

A by-election was held in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Monaro on 12 February 2022, following the resignation of Deputy Premier of New South Wales and Nationals MP John Barilaro.

Background

The retiring member is former Deputy Premier of New South Wales John Barilaro. He previously served as the Minister for Regional Development (later renamed Minister for Regional New South Wales ^[1] ), Minister for Small Business, and Minister for Skills in the first Berejiklian and second Baird governments, from October 2014 until March 2019; and as the Minister for Regional Tourism in the first Baird government. In October 2021, he announced his resignation as Deputy Premier, Leader of the National Party and member for Monaro, saying it was "the right time for me to hand the reins over". ^[2]

The Monaro by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Strathfield and Willoughby. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. ^[3]

The NSW Electoral Commission pre-emptively sent postal ballots to all voters registered on the state electoral roll for the relevant districts, under a regulation in a COVID amendment to the Electoral Act. Postal votes will be checked against in-person voting rolls to prevent double voting. The iVote online voting system was not used at these elections after the system failed during the NSW local government elections in December 2021. ^[4]

Candidates

Candidates are listed in the order they appeared on the ballot. ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Background	Notes
	Independent	Andrew Thaler	Trucker
	Nationals	Nichole Overall	Journalist and author	[6]
	Sustainable Australia	James Holgate
	Animal Justice Party	Frankie Seymour	Animal rights activist	[7]
	Greens	Catherine Moore	Former Palerang Councillor	[8]
	Labor	Bryce Wilson	Queanbeyan-Palerang Councillor	[9] [10]

Results

2022 Monaro state by-election  ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Nichole Overall	21,728	45.96	−6.35
	Labor	Bryce Wilson	15,102	31.95	+4.78
	Greens	Catherine Moore	4,178	8.84	+0.92
	Independent	Andrew Thaler	2,986	6.32	+3.83
	Sustainable Australia	James Holgate	1,920	4.06	+4.06
	Animal Justice	Frankie Seymour	1,361	2.88	+0.54
Total formal votes			47,275	97.76	+0.46
Informal votes			1,081	2.24	−0.46
Turnout			48,356	83.40	−8.43
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Nichole Overall	23,474	55.21	−6.41
	Labor	Bryce Wilson	19,055	44.80	+6.41
	National hold		Swing	−6.41

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Monaro
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News . Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
2. Tsikas, Mick (3 October 2021). "John Barilaro resigns as NSW Deputy Premier, will also leave Parliament". ABC News. AAP. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
3. "Monaro State by-election". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
4. Green, Antony (10 February 2022). "Antony Green explains how living with COVID could affect elections, starting tomorrow". ABC News. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
5. "Nominated candidates for the 2022 Monaro state by-election". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
6. Green, Antony. "Monaro By-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
7. "Animal activist to run in fight for Monaro". Canberra CityNews. 25 January 2022. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
8. "Greens announce by-election candidate". Canberra CityNews. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
9. Reardon, Adriane (7 January 2022). "Queanbeyan-based councillor Bryce Wilson announces tilt as NSW Labor's Monaro by-election candidate". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
10. Minns, Chris. "If you think it's hard to find a RAT in Sydney - try and find one in the regions. I visited Alex who runs Googong Pharmacy today, with @brycepwilson - our Monaro candidate. Alex has been flooded with people in need of tests who can't find them. They must be free and available". Twitter. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
11. "LA - Check Count First Preference District Summary - Monaro". Monaro State By-Election 12-FEB-2022. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
12. "LA - Check Count TCP District Summary - Monaro". Monaro State By-Election 12-FEB-2022. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

External links

• New South Wales Electoral Commission: Monaro State by-election