He’s facing an uphill battle to claim a safe Labor seat, but former Wyndham councillor Glenn Goodfellow says he’s up for the challenge.
Mr Goodfellow, who was last month officially endorsed as the Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Tarneit, believes he has what it takes to achieve the 14 per cent swing needed to claim victory in next year’s state election.
“I’m going for the win,” he said.
“I believe the tide is turning and what we’re seeing is a growing sense of dissatisfaction …people here are sick of the shenanigans that are going on in the political landscape at the moment.”
The seat of Tarneit, which covers Tarneit, Williams Landing, Laverton North and parts of Hoppers Crossing, Mount Cottrell and Truganina, is presently held by the ALP’s Telmo Languiller.
In August, Mr Languiller announced that he would not be standing for re-election. Labor Party members Jasvinder Sidhu and Sarah Connolly are currently vying for Labor preselection for the seat.
Wyndham councillor Intaj Khan, who stated his intentions to nominate, did not have the 10 signatures required to be eligible for nomination.
Mr Goodfellow said his two terms as a councillor had put him in good stead with local issues.
He said he would be requesting a meeting with Wyndham council chief executive Kelly Grigsby to discuss what the council’s state wish list would be.
“I think the families of Tarneit deserve more, they deserve a member of Parliament that’s part of their community and that has their interests at heart,” Mr Goodfellow said.
“They deserve more police to keep them safe, they deserve better health services, education services, investment in infrastructure and they deserve job security to meet the growing community.
“I’ve been a member of our community for over 50 years … I’m putting my hand up to offer the people of Tarneit a real choice.”
