2022 Monaro state by-election

A by-election will be held in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Monaro in 2022 upon the resignation of Deputy Premier of New South Wales and Nationals MP John Barilaro.[1]

2022 Monaro state by-election
TBA
Electoral district of Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Electoral district of Monaro in New South Wales
MP before election

John Barilaro
National

 Elected MP

TBD

Retiring member

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[2]), 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".[3]

2019 Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Monaro
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Monaro.[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Monaro [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John Barilaro 25,868 52.31 +3.58
Labor Bryce Wilson 13,431 27.16 −13.44
Greens Peter Marshall 3,913 7.91 +0.08
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Mick Holton 3,848 7.78 +7.78
Independent Andrew Thaler 1,229 2.49 +2.49
Animal Justice Frankie Seymour 1,159 2.34 +2.34
Total formal votes 49,448 97.42 +0.03
Informal votes 1,310 2.58 −0.03
Turnout 50,758 89.13 −0.30
Two-party-preferred result
National John Barilaro 27,723 61.61 +9.08
Labor Bryce Wilson 17,276 38.39 −9.08
National hold Swing+9.08

See also

References
  1. "Monaro By-election". abc.net.au. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. Tsikas, Mick (3 October 2021). "John Barilaro resigns as NSW Deputy Premier, will also leave Parliament". ABC News. AAP. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. "Monaro: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. "Monaro: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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