Incoming Liberal Member for Bradfield Paul Fletcher today welcomed the declaration of the poll in the Bradfield by-election.

“I am pleased and honoured to have been formally declared the candidate elected to the House of Representatives for Bradfield,” Mr Fletcher said.

“I will do my very best to live up to the trust which the people of Bradfield have placed in me.”

“The successful by-election campaign was the result of hard work over many weeks by a large and committed team. I thank them all for their hard work.”

“Most of all, I thank the people of Bradfield.”

“I am very heartened that we have increased our vote in some areas from the 2007 election result. I believe that is because we highlighted issues of concern to the community in Bradfield, including health services, such as the crisis at Hornsby Hospital, over-development and Labor’s growing debt.”

“I will be a strong Liberal voice for Bradfield, on these and other issues, as I promised through the campaign that I would be.”

The declaration was made by the Australian Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer at Chatswood this afternoon.

The Liberal Party secured close to 65 per cent of the two-party-preferred vote.

Mr Fletcher said that with the poll declared, he is now able to get to work as the Federal Member for Bradfield. He will be working out of the electorate office in Tryon Road, Lindfield, formerly occupied by his predecessor, the Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson.

“If anybody in Bradfield needs my assistance as their local member, I urge them to contact me in the electorate office.”

Mr Fletcher’s contact details will be:

Suite 8, 12 Tyron Road
Lindfield, NSW 2070
Phone: 02 9465 3950

“I am honoured and humbled to have been elected the Liberal Member for Bradfield,” said Mr Paul Fletcher. I am honoured and humbled to have been elected the Liberal Member for Bradfield,” said Mr Paul Fletcher.

“I’d like to thank the people of Bradfield for putting their trust in me, to be their representative and a strong Liberal voice for their issues and concerns.”

“Congratulations to the Ku-ring-gai Residents Alliance in securing a people power win against over-development in our community,” said Paul Fletcher, Liberal candidate for the seat of Bradfield, said today.

“It is welcome news that Alliance President, Chris Drummer, has received a commitment from the government that it will cap new dwellings at 10,000 for Ku-ring-gai.”

The Liberal Party has officially launched its campaign for the Bradfield by-election today.

Outgoing member for Bradfield, the Hon Brendan Nelson, joined candidate Paul Fletcher and Opposition Leader the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, at the launch.

The cost of credit is a key issue impacting small business in Bradfield, said Liberal candidate, Paul Fletcher.

Mr Fletcher today hosted a Small Business Forum at the Roseville Memorial Club with Shadow Minister for Small Business, Steven Ciobo MP.

“I’m delighted that the date for the Bradfield by-election has now been set for Saturday 5th December,” said Paul Fletcher, the Liberal candidate for Bradfield.

“The by-election will be an opportunity for the people of Bradfield to voice their concerns.”

Did Labor leave the lifts at Lindfield station out of service for weeks just so they could turn them on for the Minister’s arrival, Liberal candidate for Bradfield, Paul Fletcher asked today?

“I have been through Lindfield station many times in the last few weeks – and each time I have noticed that the lifts down to the platform carried a sign saying they were not in service,” Mr Fletcher said today.

Liberal candidate for Bradfield, Paul Fletcher today offered his congratulations and thanks to Dr Brendan Nelson for his stellar record of accomplishment for the people of Bradfield and the people of Australia.

This follows Brendan Nelson tendering his letter of resignation from the Federal Parliament today.

The residents of Bradfield will have to endure more over-crowded train services, due to Labor’s new timetables, said Paul Fletcher, Liberal candidate for Bradfield.

“This is an appalling decision, when many people are trying to do the right thing and leave their car at home and take public transport,” said Mr Fletcher.

The campaign for the Bradfield by-election is well underway with the opening of the Campaign Office for Liberal candidate, Paul Fletcher.

The office is located at 315 Pacific Highway Lindfield.

“Yesterday’s interest rate hike shows that the people of Bradfield are now paying the price for Labor’s reckless spending,” Paul Fletcher, Liberal candidate for the seat of Bradfield, said today.

Since coming to power in late 2007, the Labor government has spent without restraint, borrowing huge amounts of money to do so.

The Liberal Party has today selected Paul Fletcher as its endorsed candidate for the seat of Bradfield, in Sydney’s north.