Invercargill might have three women representing the city soon, from National, Labour and New Zealand First. Sarah DowieVoters, who have previously elected both Labour and National MPs, are likely to re-elect National's Sarah Dowie for a second term to represent the electorate. Highly regarded as a child health academic, Dr Craig has given herself a good apprenticeship in practical politics with a long-running community-focused campaign. Liz CraigLabour has not won the party vote in Invercargill since 2005, and Dr Craig will be hoping to make a good dent in that. In 2014, Labour lost the party vote by more than 8000 votes.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 20, 2017 01:52 UTC