Mother-of-six Lee Smith is standing for the New Conservative Party in the Taranaki-King Country seat. Worries about the state of New Zealand’s democracy have given Lee Smith motivation to try to become a voice for the people. “If we make laws that are rushed and based on emotion, they often aren’t that great.”The Taranaki-King Country candidate felt the voice of the people was not properly taken into account in that instance. “People are looking for true representation and I do think they really want that.”READ MORE:* Election 2020: National MP not relying on past popularity to win* Election 2020: Values drive political hopeful's bid for Whanganui seat* Election 2020: How the political landscape has changed for senior votersThe mother-of-six is standing for the New Conservative Party in this year’s general election. SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff Lee Smith is the New Conservative candidate for Taranaki-King Country.

Source: Stuff August 20, 2020 18:56 UTC