There may not be council elections in Wollongong this year due to the NSW Government’s merger plans, but residents will get another chance to head to the polls.
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Noreen Hay’s resignation from politics will trigger a byelection in the seat of Wollongong – one of three in the state this year.
Voters in Canterbury and Orange will vote on November 12 after Labor’s Labor's Linda Burney and the Nationals' Andrew Gee won federal seats in last month's election.
In the last byelection to be held in the Illawarra – in the federal seat of Cunningham in 2002 – Greens candidate Michael Organ briefly seized hold in the safe Labor area until Sharon Bird was elected in 2004.
The Liberal Party did not contest the 2002 byelection.
Kate McIlwain
For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.
For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.
