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Family First fields record candidate team for South Australian election

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Family First is proud to announce that it will field a record slate of 35 candidates for the House of Assembly and two candidates for the Legislative Council at the up-coming South Australian election.

 

This unprecedented candidate lineup for the values-based minor party, headed by lead Upper House candidate Deepa Mathew, reflects the strong community support for Family First’s message of taking the pressure off families from the cost-of-living crisis to housing affordability to the protection of parental rights.

 

Family First has been encouraged by recent Demos polling which places the party as the fifth ranked party contesting the election, a result that augurs well for securing representation in the Legislative Council.

 

 

Campaign Director Jack Snelling said Family First’s strong candidate team was a testament to the grassroots support the party has built in South Australia.

 

“While Family First is encouraged by early polling which shows the party is well placed to return to the Parliament after an absence of several years, we are taking nothing for granted. Our volunteers are working hard all the way to election day to ensure mums and dads know there is a party fighting to take the pressure off families,” Mr Snelling said.

 

The full team of candidates will campaign on a platform focused on cost of living, improving housing affordability, protecting parental rights in education, and restoring common sense to government decision-making.

 

 

House of Assembly seats contested by Family First:

 

Adelaide

 

Badcoe

Radosav Jovanovic

Black

Dianne Squirrel

Bragg

 

Chaffey

 

Cheltenham

Alex Tennikoff

Colton

Matthew Schulz

Croydon

Hieu Pham

Davenport

Mathew Francis

Dunstan

Fiona Leslie

Elder

Rosanne Walston-Leo

Elizabeth

Sanja Hendrick

Enfield

Ishan (Daniel) Solomon

Finniss

 

Flinders

 

Florey

Mark Hawke

Gibson

Darryl Easther

Giles

Gary Balfort

Hammond

Bob North

Hartley

Hugh Thompson

Heysen

Chris Baker

Hurtle Vale

Sarah Kopeikin

Kaurna

Amanda Brohier

Kavel

Dayle Baker

King

Julie Glasgow

Lee

Krystal Schulz

Light

Jacinta Roberts

Mackillop

 

Mawson

 

Morialta

Rosie Cirocco

Morphett

 

Mount Gambier

Rachel Kenyon

Narungga

John Bennett

Newland

Rachel Mathew

Ngadjuri (Frome)

Sharon Pearce

Playford

Antonio Rangel

Port Adelaide

Lucia Snelling

Rasmay

Luz Velasquez

Reynell

Andy Farmer

Schubert

 

Stuart

 

Taylor

Kylie Evans

Torrens

John Mervin Joshua

Unley

 

Waite

 

West Torrens

Anna Wamayi

Wright

Sue Nancarrow

 

Legislative Council candidates

 

Deepa Mathew

Christopher Brohier

 

 

 


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