Carrie Hiebert will be heading to Winnipeg and the Manitoba Legislature as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Morden-Winkler.
She just secured the party's nomination in mid-May after former MLA Cameron Friesen stepped back from provincial politics.
She shared her reaction to being announced the MLA for Morden-Winkler.
"We were just all hooting and hollering in here. I just wanted to tell all the voters, and all my volunteers, and the people who have been beside me through the whole last seven months of the election and working towards this point that I'm at today, and just say thank you because I would never be able to do this without everybody around me and without my community having faith in me. That's such an important part to me, and I'm excited to start working. I'm excited to start working for my community, and to make a change, and do good things."
As she gets ready to roll up her sleeves, these are the top issues she will advocate for in the Manitoba Legislature.
"There's things that we need to keep improving on. Healthcare is one of them. The retention of healthcare workers and that's on the top. Getting more doctors is so important on my list for our area. Continue infrastructure growth because our commerce here, the business and the community and the industry just grows and grows and it's an amazing thing. I'll continue to build on our education system. Affordability for families is number one for me. Things have been so expensive for our community and for families, gas and groceries."
She wants to hear from constituents as well, to hear what issues they would like her to work on, as well.
She has a message for both those who did and those who did not vote for her.
"I want to thank everybody that voted for me, for having faith in me, they know that I'm going to stand up for them both locally and in the province, and I will do my best and I will work hard and represent them. And anybody that didn't vote for me, I still would encourage you to come talk to me. I'm here to represent everybody in the whole Morden-Winkler area. I want to have a conversation with them, I would love to meet and talk with them, if they have concerns, they think I can't address. I would still love to address it with them and have a conversation and get to know them."
She encouraged those who didn't vote to consider voting next time and welcomes their feedback as well.
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