She told reporters she was grateful to be considered a potential member of her community when the votes came.
“I suspect that the votes in the mail may be more in favor of the incumbent president, so this will need to be taken into account,” Cheney said.
“But, of course, the figures we saw from the voting booths look quite optimistic.
“I think we are seeing shifts in Australian politics, and as the Liberal Party has moved to the right and the Labor Party has moved away to small ideas, it has left that gap in the middle.
“Communities nominate independent individuals to occupy this space, and it makes me feel very optimistic about the ability of our democracy to continue to change and evolve.”
It was a teal tidal wave across the central centers of the country, and several famous liberals, such as Josh Friedenberg, lost to the so-called Independents.
Hammond suffered from the impact but did not win when she addressed her party’s faithful in Coteslo on Saturday night.
Liberal MP Celia Hammond on the electoral trail in Curtin.Credit:Trevor Colens
The incumbent MP, former vice-chancellor of the University of Notre Dame, praised Prime Ministers Scott Morrison and Friedenberg for leading the COVID-19 pandemic before thanking her sons and husband for their support.
“It’s been a tough three years. I was in the garage for six weeks last year during COVID every time I came back from Canberra. Thank you for coming, leaving coffee at the door and bringing me food, ”Hamand said.
“My guys know that if I don’t win tonight, it’s good, I got up, I’m proud, I’ve done everything I could in three years, I’ve done everything I could in the last six weeks, and that’s the maximum that everyone can do.
“There are a significant number of votes before the poll and in the mail… and it’s too close to name.”
Curtin has always been a liberal – except in 1996, when incumbent Liberal Alan Roche quarreled with his party and successfully ran as an independent.
Under the leadership of former Foreign Minister and former candidate for Prime Minister Julie Bishop from 1998 to 2019, she gradually increased the gap to 20.7 percent in the 2016 election.
Hammond lost some paint after her victory, but with 13.9 percent Curtin remains the safest place for liberals in the WA, its spiritual home and source of the best fundraising prospects.
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Cheney had strong liberals in the election, despite being a member of the Labor Party.
Her grandfather, Fred Cheney, was a government minister for Menzies, and her uncle, also known as Fred, was a Fraser government minister. Her father Michael is one of WA’s most prominent business figures, where he is now chairman of Wesfarmers and former chairman of Woodside and NAB.
On the night of the WA election there were strong fluctuations in Labor, compared to other states when the party took target seats from the electorate of Indigenous Minister Swan, Pierce and Indigenous Ken Wye of Hasluk.
Ben Morton, one of Morrison’s close proxies, in Tangany seems to be losing his seat, while Liberal Jan Gudenaf is also in a difficult position in Moore.
The fall of the Liberals stems from a bloody massacre in last year’s state election that left only two party members left in the lower house of the WA.
Liberal WA leader David Honey said it was clear the federal government had been fired, but the popularity of state Prime Minister Mark McGowan also helped.
Cheney said the nationwide election results were an opportunity for the Liberal Party to have a good look at who it represents and what it represents.
“I suspect that this will not happen … without strong electoral messages that would push it. Therefore, I hope that this will push the main parties to return to longer-term thinking, ”she said.
She said that regardless of the outcome, the community knew it would no longer be taken for granted.
“If I win, I will look for new ways to consult with the Curtin community on issues that concern us and involve the electorate in policy development,” she said.
If she wins, Cheney said the business community should not worry about a hanged parliament and she would not be a pest or an oppositionist.
“I am interested in stable governance and a strong economy,” she said.
As the night began to end at Saturday’s Cheney event, celebrations were heard as new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said climate wars would be stopped and Uluru’s statement would be recognized wholeheartedly.
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