But should he be elected in June, Luke Graham said he might still stand for the top job, even if it would be harder to win the support of other deputies who did not know him.
‘The main reason why I want to do it is because, as chief minister, you get oversight of every committee, and every set of minutes,’ he said.
‘I think to be able to give the people of a democracy full transparency, which is what I want to do, the only way to do that would be to sit in the chief minister’s seat.
‘Without that, I won’t have full oversight of all the different committees.’
If Mr Graham becomes a deputy but not president of P&R, he said he would like to take one of the other four seats on the senior committee.
One of his main aims would be to put a one-year freeze on immigration before assessing the impact.
‘It’s not “nobody ever comes back again”,’ he said.
‘It’s about a lot of different cultures meeting in one tiny place.
‘We’re not talking about the UK or Finland. They’ve got multi millions of acres, but we’re little old Guernsey.’
Mr Graham saw the island as the last remaining stronghold of the British Empire.
Brought up on the outskirts of Liverpool – far enough from the city centre to say that he is not considered a ‘true’ Scouser – he has lived in the island since 2009 and is a quantity surveyor by trade.
His manifesto will outline what he saw as the slow decline of his home town due to high levels of immigration, abuse of the benefits system and lack of leadership, and he was worried that the same problems were now creeping into Guernsey.
He wants to press for the legalisation and regulation of cannabis and new rules to give local people priority over housing.
He will also propose building modular homes for those aged 18-45, setting up a dedicated task force for vulnerable people, and starting a fresh discussion about the possibility of the island becoming independent of the UK.
‘The only thing we use from them is the legislation,’ said Mr Graham.
‘We follow suit when they release all their legislation. We follow suit here because it’s the easiest thing to do, and we’re understaffed in the civil service, so we just follow the legislation, adapt it for us and go with that. Well, nobody voted for that.’
Mr Graham has several convictions from Guernsey’s courts, including for importing steroids and driving offences.
‘I’m willing to put my head above the parapet and I’m willing for everything that I’ve ever done in my life, wrong or good, to come out and be used against me.
‘I’m a strong enough character. I know that I can handle it,’ he said.
Nominations for the general election open at 9am on Monday 12 May and close at 4.30pm on Wednesday 14 May.
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