Meet some of P.E.I.'s new MLAs
CBC
A paramedic, an educational assistant, a dairy farmer.
Robin Croucher, Susie Dillon and Hilton MacLennan held these jobs for years. Now, they'll all share the same occupation: MLA.
Croucher, Dillon and MacLennan are among the new faces that will be in the P.E.I. Legislative Assembly once the legislature sits again later this spring.
Nine new MLAs were elected on April 3, all of them with the Progressive Conservatives.
Coming from different backgrounds and different parts of the Island, the three said they're hoping their backgrounds will help them better serve Islanders.
CBC News caught up with them to discuss what they will bring to the table.
Robin Croucher won District 1: Souris-Elmira in the election.
Croucher is a volunteer firefighter who has worked as a paramedic for more than a decade.
He said he attended his first Progressive Conservative caucus meeting last week despite having worked an overnight shift and getting only about an hour's worth of sleep.
"Working under pressure is not new for me," he said. "I do that daily in my work."
Over the four weeks of campaigning, he went door-to-door in his district, hearing people's concerns.
Croucher said his past in emergency response helped him: He'd already been in many of his constituents' homes when on call, as paramedic or firefighter.
Doing it as a politician was "certainly different" and enjoyable, he said.
"I would go in and we would chat about some of our previous history… maybe on a fire call or a paramedic call," Croucher said, adding that he appreciates that personal connection.