With six months until the 13 March 2027 NSW state election, Family First has endorsed 20 Legislative Assembly candidates as a key part of its campaign to elect National Director Lyle Shelton to the Legislative Council.
The party’s primary aim is to secure an Upper House seat, where a statewide vote of three to five percent can deliver representation. Lower house candidates play a vital role by placing the Family First name on ballots across the state, building local presence and helping lift the Upper House vote.
The 20 candidates bring diverse real-world experience. They include Afghan war veteran and pastor Philip Finau (Mount Druitt), who served as an infantryman with Mentoring Task Force 1; Army Reserve member and community housing worker Jeremy Antcliffe (Camden); builder and TAFE carpentry teacher Isaac Yakoubi (Oatley); and biotech/pharma manufacturing executive Pieter Swan (Prospect). Others are teachers, small business owners, engineers and community volunteers-many of them parents and church members.
Family First currently has 200 volunteers distributing 200,000 leaflets. The party is also running a social media and digital television advertisement featuring Lyle Shelton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwj92umu7aY.
“These candidates are stepping up to help put Family First on the map in seats across NSW and give us the best chance of winning a seat in the Upper House,” Mr Shelton said.
“With the One Nation surge, voters could turbo-charge their vote for values by putting Family First number one on their ballot papers because their number two preference would still flow.
“But a number two vote for Family First would be a waste of a values vote as it would likely exhaust,” Mr Shelton warned.
“Voting one for Family First is how we get a strong voice for families into the NSW Parliament will still achieving the system shake-up so many want.”
