Charles Parkinson picked up 9,294 votes and confirmed that he would be standing for president of the Policy & Resources Committee.
‘I think that I can bring vision, determination, energy and hopefully an ability to bring people together,’ he said.
‘I’m just thrilled. I was hoping to come in the top five, so I’m exactly where I wanted to be.’
Deputy Parkinson campaigned under the Fair Tax banner, to put company tax reform at the centre of the election campaign.
‘I found a group of other candidates who all had a very congenial campaign and we held some hustings together. Not all people have the same political flavour, but we were people who can all work together,’ he said.
‘I think it’s been a great start because one thing the next Assembly needs to do is come together and put the toxicity of the last four-and-a-half years behind us.
‘I’m hoping it means the public have confidence in me as a representative and I look forward to doing that to the best of my ability.’
Deputy Parkinson and candidates Chris Blin, Tina Bury, Adrian Gabriel, Marc Leadbeater, Jayne Ozanne, Sally Rochester and Simon Vermeulen formed a panel at a fair tax hustings ahead of the election. All eight were elected.
Ms Ozanne has been very public about her support for Deputy Parkinson’s tax reform.
‘There’s a sense that this is quite a new chapter for Guernsey, the people of Guernsey have sent quite a clear message about what they want, whether or not some of us are in the chamber or not,' she said.
'That to me makes me feel quite optimistic about the next four years.
‘A lot of people thought this election would be about GST. For many people that was a key issue, whether you were pro or anti. I was anti, but this shows that the bigger issue is whether people can work together.’
Deputy Blin said that his position in the polls, improving from 20th to 10th, felt like a recognition that people had seen what he was trying to achieve.
‘I know what I want to do going forward, I know the areas I want to do.
'I’m extremely sorry for some of the colleagues who didn’t make it back in, because I know they put the same effort in, but I’m truly hoping that the new assembly will work together then we’ll start off on the right foot,’ he said.
‘My objective is to stand to be president of Economic Development, because I really want to get the process of growth going, driving relationships and connectivity.
'I’ve got a whole raft of ideas so the next challenge will be to see if I can get the support of the assembly to nominate me in that position.’
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