Felix Ellis shares how he's feeling as he awaits election results

The Advocate

Braddon Liberal member Felix Ellis has shared how he is feeling ahead of the counting of the votes. He told The Advocate 'it takes a real village' to run a campaign and thanked his team and all of his supporters.

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00:00 The results are just about to come in, if not coming in. How are you feeling?

00:04 Yeah look it's been a great campaign. I know our team has just worked so hard

00:08 over the last five and six weeks out in our communities and really speaking with our

00:14 communities and listening about hopes for the future and issues that we really need

00:18 that certain instability to address. You've been elected on countbacks a few times now,

00:23 how confident are you to get elected in your own right?

00:26 Oh look I know we've been doing a lot of hard work in our community and really standing strong for

00:31 the people of this region. So ultimately it's up to the people of the North West,

00:35 the West Coast and King Island but we're really pleased with the work that we've done

00:40 and the plan that we've put to the people of Braddon as well. You know our 2030 strong plan

00:45 has spoken to people across a range of different issues around cost of living, health, housing

00:50 and standing up for regional jobs which are you know the economic driver of our state as well.

00:55 How many seats do you think is realistic for the North West?

00:59 Well look that'll be up to the Tasmanian people. It's not for us to decide how many they decide

01:04 or how many of us they decide to put in but look we've been working hard for every vote

01:10 and we're really committed to delivering for the Tasmanian people from the outcome. Obviously we

01:15 sought a majority government so that we can have certainty and stability for Tasmania because

01:20 Tasmania and Tasmanian industries do best under a majority government. So that's what we're seeking

01:26 and have been seeking over the course of this election.

01:28 Is there anything you would like to add before the votes come in tonight?

01:32 Look just a huge thank you to all the people in our community for their time on the doorstep,

01:39 you know sharing what really matters to them and their family, the small businesses that have

01:44 been keeping us fed and watered over the last five or six weeks and allowing us time and space to

01:50 you know tour their facilities, tell us about the work that they do which really in many cases for

01:55 the North West and West Coast and King Island is world beating. So to be able to just share a bit

02:00 of time together I just want to say thank you for all of that support and thank you to all of our

02:05 supporters as well. People that have backed us in, done the hard work, put up signs, door knock,

02:10 letter box, everything else. It takes a real village to run an election campaign and to cover

02:17 such a huge area like Braddon. So we're just so grateful for all of that support and the time of

02:23 the Tasmanian people.

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