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This includes seven Labor members ( Tara Moriarty, Penny Sharpe, Greg Donnelly, Anthony D'Adam, Daniel Mookhey, Peter The by-elections are the result of a series of resignations of senior figures across both sides of the aisle. Web2022 Monaro state by-election Party Candidate Votes % % National: Nichole Overall: 21,728 45.96 6.35 Labor: Bryce Wilson 15,102 31.95 +4.78 Greens: Catherine Moore "It's been areflection of the community'sresponse to the current governmentand our need to be heard with ourconcerns," he told the ABC. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's leadership was put to the test with four by-elections being held in the state. The Liberal party last won the seat in 2011, and Labor has held onto it by a small margin ever since, winning by just 5 per centof the vote at the 2019 election. Thaler lives in Nimmitabel with his wife and three young children. The Liberals have put forward Bridget Sakr a finance worker and business owner whose daughter and three cousins were killed by a drunk driver in Oatlands in 2020. Barilaro announced his decision to retire three days after Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced her resignation as Premier. Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council countback election - 7 Feb Interesting to note that Labor (Wilson), AJP (Seymour) and IND (Thaler) all ran in the 2019 Election; none of the other by-elections [so far] have same candidates running from 2019 to the By-election. Monaro is a southern NSW electorate that lies to the east and south of the Australian Capital Territory. As the boxes below show, it has been won by a party forming government at 27 of the 30 elections since 1927. WebGreen, Antony. Mr Perrottet said he was confident theLiberal candidate in that seat, Bridget Sakr, will still win at the state election next year. Enter your Wonder if the Nats will keep this seat? A spokesperson said that decision is due to performance issues during the December council elections. iVote is not available but see note below on postal voting. Six pre-polling booths will open at both theBega and Monaro electorates on Monday, but it's not the only option to voters. 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 1988, he lost his seat in the anti-Labor landslide to the National Partys Peter Cochran. He was re-elected in Monaro without an official Labor opponent, and was eventually readmitted to the party. In former premier Gladys Berejiklian's electorate of Willoughby, Liberal candidate Tim James claimed victory. A local resident for decades, Seymour is a life-long animal advocate, activist, author, public servant and environmental scientist. The green and gold crowd cheered when ABC Election Analyst Antony Green announced the Nationals would likely hold the seat. More candidates announced ahead of Bega and Monaro by-elections. The Monaro and Bega by-elections were prompted by the official resignations of former deputy premier John Barilaro and former NSW transport minster Andrew Constance from the NSW Parliament late last year. Has Barilaro been present on the campaign trail? Meanwhile, the Animal Justice Party this week announced Frankie Seymour as their candidate for theseat of Monaro in the upcoming by-election. I know Minns was down in Bega campaigning with Holland. A date for the by-election will not be set until he formally resigns from the state seat, although it is one of five by-elections across NSW believedto be takingplace in early 2022. "It will be up for review closer to the date, but our intention currently is to run in the Monaro by-election, which we expect will come about sometime in late January or early February," said NSW Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party leader Robert Borsak. By car By public transport Navigate from. Their combined share of the PV was 26.8%. Geography Southeastern NSW. "It has to be reconfigured for different election events for different rules and that was never going to be possible within the time frame.". NSW 2023 where preferences have flowed over time, Podcast #86: Introduction to the NSW election, When local council parties break into state politics. In 2020 Barilaro announced he would contest the Eden-Monaro by-election but withdrew shortly afterwards when the Liberal Party declined to stand aside from the contest. NSW Labor on the other hand, has announced they will put forward a candidate "at the appropriate time", although admitting the chances of winning the seat aren't in their favour. There is some form-guide information contained in the General Election result when assessing electors preparedness to recommit for certain candidates More analysis required to pontificate on its utility? Barilaro was elected to Queanbeyan City Council in 2008 and elected as member for Monaro in 2011. WebThe 2023 New South Wales state election will be held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council.The election will be conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).. Whan resigned from the Legislative Council to contest Monaro unsuccessfully at the 2015 election. Now in its second decade in office, the Coalition government in New South Wales is one of only two conservative administrations remaining in Australia at federal, state or territory level, along with Tasmania. A Quick Guide to the Monaro By-election by Antony Green October 4, 2021 2 Comments The resignation of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has understandably triggered changes at the highest levels of the NSW government. WebCurrent elections in NSW Georges River Council (Mortdale Ward) countback election - 21 Sep 2022 Election of one Councillor in the Mortdale Ward City of Ryde (West Ward) by WebLocal government election results. "I want to be that strong and effective voice in the Perrottet government.". This seat has turned away from Labor but they can still win it if they are doing well statewide like under the Bob Carr years. Monaro Legislative Council Result: Coalition 40.0%, Labor 28.0%, Greens 8.6%, Shooters, Fishers and Farmers 7.9%, One Nation 5.9%, Animal Justice 2.1%, Sustainable Australia 1.5%, Voluntary Euthanasia 1.2%, Liberal Democrats 1.1%, Others 3.7%. This means making deals with independents, the Greens or the Shooters. The former journalist is tipped to keep John Barilaro's seat in Liberalhands but there has been a 6.4 per cent swing to Labor. So too, 1,200 demonstrated a preparedness to vote Andrew Thaler under the conditions that applied in 2019, and so on. In 1976, another three-cornered contest saw Labor candidate John Akister windespite the combined Country Party and Liberal Party vote adding up to a majority. Whan was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Legislative Council in June 2011. Commercial and other election results. I am running as an Independent in the Monaro By-election. Although the unpopularity of Barnaby Joyce could cost them this seat and the next federal election meaning McBain probably holds overlapping Eden-Monaro. Two words showed something was wrong with the system, When Daniel picked up a dropped box on a busy road, he had no idea it would lead to the 'best present ever', the resignation of former NSW Nationals party leader and deputy premier John Barilaro, one of five by-elections across NSW believedto be takingplace in early 2022, Nichole Overall as their candidate in the upcoming by-election, Liberal pre-selection underway as party predicts 'tough battle' for Bega, NSW Nationals pick Nichole Overall to contest Barilaro's seat in by-election, NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro resigns as Coalition crisis deepens, Plans to redevelop 'eyesore' on prime riverside land fall apart as billionaires exit, Rare sighting of bird 'like Beyonce, Prince and Elvis all turning up at once', 'What else is down there?' He says Labor have a "substantial lead" that he doesn't see turning around. Mr James is a member of the party's right faction and says he joined the Liberal Party at age 17 to help remove the Keating government. The electorate of Monaro stretches from the ACT to the Victorian border, encompassingQueanbeyan, Cooma, and the NSW Snowy Mountains. However, Dr Kotvojs said residents will still have a number of options when voting. Unlike Bega, it is interesting to note that this seat would also be Coalition held on a Federal level, although using federal results the margin for this seat would only be 0.16% for the Coalition using the Eden-Monaro by election results. ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green says Labors Jason Yat-Sen Li will win the seat of Strathfield in Sydney's inner west. He is a former teacher, electorate officer, ministerial adviser and General Manager with Reconciliation Australia. She has run in both state and federal elections locally in the past for the Greens and said she was feeling most confident this time around. Former Bega mayor Kristy McBain may sneak over the line for Labor in Eden-Monaro after preferences are distributed. Party codes: (ALP) Labor, (NAT) National, (GRN) Greens, (SFF) Shooters Fishers and Farmers, (IND) Independent, (AJP) Animal Justice Party. And didnt that turn out to be a hard realisation. Labor's Terry Campese has dropped out of the race for the seat of Monaro in the March 25 NSW election. Whan subsequently resigned from his upper house seat to recontest Monaro in 2015, but again lost to Barilaro. WebThere was a similar north-south divide of results at polling places within Aston at the Victorian state election last November. Nationals member Nichole Overall made history in 2022 by being elected as the first female representative of the Monaro. After many years living and working in Australia and overseas as a public servant and diplomat, he moved to Queanbeyan in 2011. WebA by-election was held in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Monaro on 12 February 2022 upon the resignation of Deputy Premier of New South Wales and The Monaro and Bega by-elections were prompted by the resignations of former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro and former NSW Transport Minster Andrew Constance fromNSW parliament late last year. 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He was re-elected at the 1950 election, and as he had not been opposed by an official Labor candidate, was re-admitted to the Labor caucus as the McGirr government scraped back into office. Mr Barilaro held the Monaro seat from 2011 as a member of the National Party until he left parliament officially on 31 December 2021. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Labor is predicted to keep Strathfield tonight but only by a small margin, which the party will be disappointed by. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. A number of candidates have already been announced for the two South East NSW seats, including long-time Braidwood Greens member Catherine Moore for the Monaro. The Monaro by-election is one of four state by-elections being held on Saturday (February 12) for residents from the Bega, Monaro, Willoughby, and Strathfield electorates. He easily won the contest with 53.3% after preferences and 56.3% in 2007. According to Parliamentary Library calculations, at the 2019 federal election 41.3 per cent of Eden-Monaro voters pre-poll voted compared to 31.3 per cent across NSW, which suggests that a significant proportion of Eden-Monaro voters are inclined to Liberal candidate Tim James says he is well qualified to take over from former Premier Gladys Berejiklian in the blue ribbon Liberal seat ofWilloughby. The pre-selection process seemed a fairly open and shut case for the Nats. Sitting members are shown in bold text. And although there's been some surprise results, the swings can't necesssarily be used to predict what's to come in 13 months at the next NSW state election or the federal election later this year. A date for the by-election will not be set until he formally resigns from the state seat, although it is one of five by-elections across NSW believed to be taking place Met a local candidate and had a great chat about our concerns.The school bbq was all but over by then, but the residual onion scent wafting over the school yard was intoxicating. This will be difficult for NAT to hold onto. Polling places in the former Bombala and Snowy River council areas have been grouped as South. "There will be a number of different ways people can still vote," she said. Monaro by-election date still to be set, but political parties already discussing who will run. A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Monaro on 23 November 1918. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The National Party recorded majorities in all 27 polling places used at the 2019 election. With the Fahey government defeated in 1995, Cochrane became the first Member for Monaro to sit on the opposition benches since 1930. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Covers 20,479 square kilometres. Former Labor Member for Monaro Steve Whan has put his hand up to run for the seat again in the upcoming NSW election. She said she never considered Monaro a safe seat and knew it would be a tough fight. Holgate lives in Queanbeyan and was born and raised in Cooma. It elected two members between 1880 and 1894. "We will make a decision after the local government election, which is our focus at the moment.". Unlike James in Willoughby, Overall is above 45%. Akister held the seat until 1988, serving as a minister from 1984 to 1988. At the end of the pre-polling period on Friday 11 February, 13,424 pre-polls had been taken representing 23.1% of enrolment. Postal votes for voters marked as having voted will be rejected. Wilson was elected to Queanbeyan-Palarang Council at last December's local government elections. Assessment Monaro was Labor-held as recently as 2003-2011 and remained very marginal in 2015 before a big swing to Barilaro in 2019. The Monaro seatalso has several contenders, including Greens candidate Catherine Moore, Labor'sBryce Wilson and the Nationals' Nichole Overall. I disagree with the 4% margin it will more likely be 1-2% so very marginal afterwards. Mount Druitt. With 56.3 per centof its population born overseas, Strathfield is one of NSWs most ethnically diverse electorates, and candidates have often struggled to reach non-English speaking voters. Click for more details of two-party preferred results by polling place and vote type. The Nationals candidate for the seat of Monaro, Nichole Overall says it's looking positive for her, but she won't claim victory just yet. She resigned from her position as a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald in 2021 to join Labor but never ran for the party. Election results in Monaro at the 2019 NSW state election Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Nationals, Labor, the Greens and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers. So, apart from securing Monaros place in trivia quiz longevity (one day), what does this mean? ", Browse for your location and find more local ABC News and information. New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Labor has selected Jason Yat-sen Li a former United Nations Lawyer and current Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sydney who previously ran for the independent Asian-Australian political party Unity. Considering it is a relatively safe seat, I thought thered be a more competitive field. By Anthony Anderson NCA NewsWire 7:10PM February 17, 2023 A NSW Labor candidate has hit out at his critics hours after announcing hes pulling out of the upcoming state election. She served on the Animals Australia executive committee from 1996 to 2006 and the ACT Animal Welfare Advisory Committee from 1996-2013. Claude Miller was the son of Gus Miller, the former member, Electoral results for the district of Monaro, List of New South Wales state by-elections, "Mr Gustave Thomas Carlisle Miller (18521918)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1918_Monaro_state_by-election&oldid=980740072, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 September 2020, at 05:06. The seat was abolished in 1920 when proportional representation was introduced, and Monaro was included in the three-member Goulburn district. WebCurrent elections in NSW Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council countback election - 7 Feb 2023 Election of one Councillor North Sydney Council (St Leonards Ward) The National Party is defending three seats. Like the others, will wait for final candidate listing later this week but have this down as a National Retain with a swing against. It was renamed Monara for the second Parliament in February 1858. look at Federal seat figures for Queanbeyan some thing like 55% alp to 57% npa here some thing like 12% difference suggests a personal vote for Barilaro of maybe 10% ish. Cause of by-election Sitting Nationals MP John Barilaro announced his resignation as deputy premier, Nationals leader and member for Monaro in early October 2021 after the resignation of NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian. The mood among supporters of Nationals candidate for Monaro Nichole Overall is jubilant with plenty of beers flowing at Walsh's Hotel in Queanbeyan. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January. With 17 per cent of the vote counted, there has been a 13.6 per cent swing to the ALP's Michael Holland. In 1894, single-member electorates were introduced statewide and part of the electorate, (including Bombala), was absorbed into Eden-Bombala. I wonder if this increase will replicate out in the Monaro by-election. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. Bronnie Taylor rumoured to be considering a tilt at Monaro, making a move from the Upper House to the Lower House in the Process. Monaro, also known as Maneroo (18561858), Monara (18581879) and Manaro (18941904) is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The NSW Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, who put forward a candidate for the seat in the 2019 election, intend to do so again at the upcoming by election. This New South Wales government-related article is a stub. Barilaro did good to build up a personal vote over 10 years as the state seat (which is basically 70% Queanbeyan suburbs with the rest its rural hinterland and the snowfields) is an anomaly for a Nationals-held seat, as on a federal level it is more of a Labor-Liberal contest. ", "Bridget Sakr she will win theelection next year. If Mike Kelly decides to run here for Labor he could definitely win but his medical condition likely stops him from running here. Surprised Shooters didnt put a candidate here. Am I alone in thinking that the absence of Barilaro and the dominance of politically savvy Queanbeyan may make Monaro a more likely Labor gain than Bega, although a much bigger swing is required? No polling company will rigorously sample 63% of 120,000 subjects. There is also a new greens Councillor. "The Electoral Commission mustundertake a comprehensive review and analysis of the root cause [or causes] of the problem," a statement said. Current elections in NSW. The spelling was changed to Monaro from 1877 until 1894. That could prove pivotal if the rumours are true that Barilaro is moving to Canberra. It was recreated in 1927. The Greens primary vote peaked at 11.4% in Palerang and the Shooters primary vote peaked at 15.2% in the south. Hedges held the seat until 1941, when he lost to the ALPs John Seiffert by 181 votes. Bryce Wilson will be Labors Candidate in Monaro despite having a 9.1% swing against him last time. As to what happens next, history is our best guide. "There's probably a bit of a way to go in that but I'm feeling quite buoyed and positive," she told the ABC. Tim James, the candidate for the Liberals, is likely to retain Willoughby, the lower north shore seat held by Gladys Berejiklian on a margin of 21 per cent last poll. JasonYat-sen Li is set to win on a slim margin against the Liberal's Bridget Sakr. This includes Deputy Premier John Barilaro announcing his decision to resign as Minister, Nationals Leader I guess its safe to say, that, to the extent that the repeat candidates represent the primary vote (PV) garnered in 2019 (just under 32% in Monaro in particular), the seat has more reliable form-guide information than its coeval seats. Cochran retired in 1999 and poor Coalition relations at the time produced a three cornered contest, complicated further by Queanbeyan Mayor Frank Pangallo polling 12.7% as an Independent. I doubt if Eden Monaro is trending away from the Libs when the Nationals candidate only polled around 6.5 % at the 2020 By election. Its significant population centres include Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood, Cooma, Bombala, Captains Flat, Nimmitabel, Delegate, Bredbo, Michelago, Berridale, Jindabyne and Adaminaby.[1]. Seiffert had been disendorsed by the Labor Party for the 1950 election for failing to vote the party ticket in a Legislative Council election. This includes seven Labor members (Tara Moriarty, Penny Sharpe, Greg Donnelly, Anthony D'Adam, Daniel Mookhey, Peter Primrose, Mark Buttigieg), five Liberal members (Damien Tudehope, Taylor Martin, Natalie Ward, Natasha Maclaren I visited Alex who runs Googong Pharmacy today, with @brycepwilson - our Monaro candidate. Monaro covers inland parts of southeastern NSW to the south and east of the ACT. I expect that Barilaro will be appointed as his replacement which would require him to resign from Parliament just before the appointment is made.