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NSW Liberals Concede defeat in Wagga Wagga By-elections

NSW Premier Gladys Berejikian greets voters in Wagga Wagga.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejikian campaigning at Saturday's disastrous Wagga Wagga by-election. Source: AAP

The NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has vowed to regain the trust of voters after a projected 29 per cent swing against the party in Wagga Wagga.


NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has conceded the Liberal party has lost the seat of Wagga Wagga for the first time in 60 years.

With over 85 per cent of the vote counted, independent Joe McGirr is in the strongest position.

Liberal Candidate for 2019 NSW parliament elections Tony Eisa comments


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