{"id":45083,"date":"2023-10-20T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/wyatt-roy-on-losing-his-seat-his-proudest-moments-and-what-comes-next-i-wouldnt-change-anything-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:40:59","slug":"wyatt-roy-on-losing-his-seat-his-proudest-moments-and-what-comes-next-i-wouldnt-change-anything-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/wyatt-roy-on-losing-his-seat-his-proudest-moments-and-what-comes-next-i-wouldnt-change-anything-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyatt Roy on losing his seat, his proudest moments and what comes next: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t change anything\u201d – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
After six years as the youngest ever Australian MP, Wyatt Roy is packing up his office.<\/p>\n
Nearly a week after the polls closed, Roy conceded defeat in his seat of Longman, becoming arguably the biggest Coalition casualty of the nail-biting election.<\/p>\n
Speaking to StartupSmart<\/em> while in the middle of removing boxes from the Queensland office, Roy says the election loss has been a \u201ccharacter-building exercise\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve learnt from the innovation space that if you are to really succeed in life you need to have some failure along the way,\u201d Roy tells StartupSmart<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe result will be very, very close but if the trend continues, the trend is not our friend.\u201d<\/p>\n While the result seemed inevitable from early last week, Roy only conceded defeat last Friday, admitted that Labor candidate Susan Lamb had won the seat.<\/p>\n In a lengthy Facebook post, the Queensland native thanks his volunteers and supporters, and voiced his excitement about going back to “being just 26”.<\/p>\n Roy\u2019s disappointment is obvious, but he already has had a chance to begin reflecting on his six years in government.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been able to take a step back and have a look at everything I\u2019ve achieved at 26,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve spent one in five days on Earth as a member of parliament, and I think I\u2019ve changed my local community for the better and particularly in the innovation space we\u2019ve started a very vital conversation for the future of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n After becoming the youngest ever person to be elected to Parliament in 2010, Roy quickly began advocating for the startup and innovation sectors, long before they were thrust into the national spotlight by Turnbull late last year.<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the great startup champions\u201d<\/h3>\n