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
Strathfield
Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Strathfield. A ...
on 12 February 2022, following the resignation of former leader of the
Labor Party Jodi McKay
Jodi Leyanne McKay (born 16 August 1969) is a former Australian politician who was the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from June 2019 until May 2021. She previously served as a member of the New South Wales Legislat ...
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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.
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.
Candidates
Campaign
One of the major issues of the campaign is the impacts of
COVID-19
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on business and the lives of the constituents, and the perceptions of
Dominic Perrottet's handling of the virus.
Other issues include challenges of overdevelopment and the number of high rise towers in the area.
Li has said that in theory he is not opposed to considering Chinese investment if the right opportunity came about.
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.
Most of the votes were postal, counted a week later on 19 February 2022.
Results
See also
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Electoral results for the district of Strathfield
Strathfield, 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: Strathfield State by-election
{{Results of New South Wales state elections
2022 elections in Australia
New South Wales state by-elections