2017 Cootamundra state by-election

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
14 October 2017
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Steph Cooke Charlie Sheahan Matthew Stadtmiller
Party National Labor SFF
Popular vote 21,093 10,930 10,621
Percentage 46.2% 24.0% 23.3%
Swing Decrease19.6pp Decrease2.0pp Increase23.3pp
TPP 60.5% 39.5%
TPP swing Decrease10.0pp Increase10.0pp
MP before election

Katrina Hodgkinson
National

 Elected MP

Steph Cooke
National

A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cootamundra on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Katrina Hodgkinson (National).[1] The by-election was won by Steph Cooke for the National Party on preferences. The Nationals suffered a 20% swing on first preference votes and 10% on a two-party basis.

The by-election was held on the same day as by-elections in Blacktown and Murray.

Candidates

The candidates in ballot paper order are as follows:[2]

Candidate nominations
Party Candidate Notes (not on ballot paper)
  Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) Philip Langfield
  Greens NSW Jeffrey Passlow Formerly chief hospital pathology scientist and then a businessman, veteran environmentalist. Retired to a farm where he now raises boar goats and Wiltshire Horn sheep. He is an advocate for marriage equality and a transition to renewable energy.
  Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Matthew Stadtmiller Newspaper proprietor, former councillor and council candidate.
  Independent Jim Saleam Veteran anti-immigration activist and president of the Australia First Party, is standing as an Independent as the party is not registered for state elections.[3]
  Country Labor Charlie Sheahan Councillor on Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council and farm manager who will seek to capitalise on opposition to forced council mergers in New South Wales.[4]
  The Nationals Steph Cooke Businesswoman and 2017 NSW Florist of the Year.

Results

2017 Cootamundra by-election
Saturday 14 October [5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationals NSW Steph Cooke 21,093 46.2 −19.6
Labor NSW Charlie Sheahan 10,930 24.0 −2.0
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Matthew Stadtmiller 10,621 23.3 +23.3
Christian Democrats Philip Langfield 1,273 2.8 +0.5
Greens NSW Jeffrey Passlow 1,238 2.7 −0.8
Independent Jim Saleam 453 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 45,608 97.7 +0.4
Informal votes 1,057 2.3 −0.4
Turnout 46,665 87.2 −4.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationals NSW Steph Cooke 24,114 60.5 −10.0
Labor NSW Charlie Sheahan 15,769 39.5 +10.0
Template:Australian politics/name/Nationals NSW hold Swing −10.0

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

External links

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=2017_Cootamundra_state_by-election&oldid=727000198"