A by-election was held in the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
seat of
Monaro on 12 February 2022 upon the resignation of
Deputy Premier of New South Wales and
Nationals MP
John Barilaro
Giovanni Domenic "John" Barilaro (born 14 November 1971) is a former Australian politician who served as the 18th deputy premier of New South Wales and the leader of the New South Wales division of the National Party from 2016 to 2021. He wa ...
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Background
The retiring member is former Deputy Premier of New South Wales
John Barilaro
Giovanni Domenic "John" Barilaro (born 14 November 1971) is a former Australian politician who served as the 18th deputy premier of New South Wales and the leader of the New South Wales division of the National Party from 2016 to 2021. He wa ...
. He previously served as the
Minister for Regional Development (later renamed Minister for Regional New South Wales
),
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".
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.
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.
Candidates
Results
See also
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Electoral results for the district of Monaro
Monaro, also known as Maneroo (1856–58), Monara (1858–1879) and Manaro (1894–1904), an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales
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List of New South Wales state by-elections
This is a list of by-elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These are referred to as casual vacancies.
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References
External links
New South Wales Electoral Commission: Monaro State by-election
{{Results of New South Wales state elections
2022 elections in Australia
New South Wales state by-elections