As a first time candidate in a volatile election, with a member retiring after 43 years, I was keen to leave nothing to chance. I knocked on doors, met voters at shopping centres, bus stops and railway stations and attended as many community events as possible. Voters repeatedly told me ‘You will be the next member’ to which I replied ‘I take nothing for granted.’
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