2022 Strathfield state by-election

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2022 Strathfield state by-election
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Electoral district of Strathfield in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Registered55,220
Turnout80.2%
 First partySecond party
 
Candidate Jason Yat-Sen Li Bridget Sakr
Party Labor Liberal
Popular vote18,03415,921
Percentage41.05%36.24%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.25ppDecrease2.svg2.64pp
2CP 55.81%44.19%
2CP changeIncrease2.svg0.81ppDecrease2.svg0.81pp
NSW Electoral District 2019 - Strathfield.png
The Electoral district of Strathfield in New South Wales
MP before election

Jodi McKay
Labor

Elected MP

Jason Yat-Sen Li
Labor

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. [1]

Contents

The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro 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. [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. Postal votes were 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. [3]

Candidates

Candidates
(in ballot paper order) [4]
PartyCandidateBackgroundNotes
  Sustainable Australia Ellie RobertsonCurrently serving on three Local Council Advisory Committees, an Executive Board Member for the Australian Local Government Women’s Association, a Board Member of South West Sydney Christian Special Religious Education, and a Committee Member of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Australia[ citation needed ]
  Labor Jason Yat-Sen Li Executive Chairman of Vantage Asia Holdings, corporate advisor, investor and businessman, Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sydney. Unity Party candidate for the NSW Senate in 1998, Labor candidate for Bennelong at the 2013 federal election, a Labor candidate for the NSW Senate in 2019 [1]
  Independent Elizabeth Farrelly Director of The National Trust (NSW), former Associate Professor at UNSW, architect, author, activist, columnist, and former City of Sydney Councillor [1]
  Animal Justice Rohan LaxmanalalProfessional background in finance, specialising in emerging renewable energy and environmental markets[ citation needed ]
  Greens Courtney BuckleyPhotographer
  Liberal Bridget SakrCo-founder of Granite Home Loans, former executive at Genworth Financial, former ambassador for The Risk Board, former executive consultant to the Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia, and founder of heartFELT [1] [5]

Campaign

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 handling of the virus. [6] Other issues include challenges of overdevelopment and the number of high rise towers in the area. [6] Li has said that in theory he is not opposed to considering Chinese investment if the right opportunity came about. [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. 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]

Most of the votes were postal, counted a week later on 19 February 2022.

Results

2022 Strathfield state by-election  [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jason Yat-Sen Li 18,03441.05−3.25
Liberal Bridget Sakr15,92136.24−2.64
Independent Elizabeth Farrelly 4,3289.85+9.85
Greens Courtney Buckley2,9306.67−2.12
Sustainable Australia Ellie Robertson1,7954.09+4.09
Animal Justice Rohan Laxmanalal9202.09−0.13
Total formal votes43,92898.42+1.44
Informal votes7031.58−1.44
Turnout 44,63180.82−8.22
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jason Yat-Sen Li 21,67055.81+0.81
Liberal Bridget Sakr17,16044.19−0.81
Labor hold Swing +0.81

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Green, Antony. "Strathfield By-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Strathfield State by-election". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony (10 February 2022). "Antony Green explains how living with COVID could affect elections, starting tomorrow". ABC News. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Nominated candidates for the 2022 Strathfield State by-election". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bridget Sakr will fight for the Strathfield community", Liberal Party NSW, 20 December 2021
  6. 1 2 Cormack, Lucy (5 February 2022). "'People are afraid to leave their homes': Strathfield byelection candidates gear up for a fight". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Bagshaw, Eryk (28 April 2019). "Key Labor candidate says Parliament needs ethnic diversity targets". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Lack of multilingual information in Strathfield by-election postal votes not serving democracy, peak ethnic body says". ABC News. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "LA - Check Count First Preference District Summary - Strathfield". Strathfield State By-Election 22-MAY-2021. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "LA - Check Count TCP District Summary - Strathfield". Strathfield State By-Election 12-FEB-2022. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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