Dr Steve Peterson is set to nominate for election at next year's Orange City Council poll due on September 12.
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Dr Peterson, who became quadriplegic when he was hit by a car while riding his bike to work at the Orange hospital emergency department last year, said he was keen to get involved in politics.
He said he wanted to start at the local government level but might also consider state or federal parliament.
Dr Peterson is the chair of the Orange branch of the Nationals, but said he would nominate as an independent for council.
He said he could offer Orange residents unique representation being a professional person with a disability who was also younger than current councillors.
Dr Peterson said he had a long association with politics from working as an attendant in the lower house of federal parliament to having roles with the Nationals.
"Yes, the next council elections I thought I would certainly consider it," he said.
To try and make Orange as accessible [as possible] for people with a disability would be great
- Dr Steve Peterson
"It would be my hope to stand as an independent.
"I am someone with a disability now.
"There are things I have experienced in town, with the roads, the potholes and bumps and speed humps I am now feeling in a way I never noticed before.
"It would be unusual to have someone who is both professional and also much more familiar now with the Centrelink system and the various disability support systems. To try and make Orange as accessible [as possible] for people with a disability would be great.
"Being a younger person, given the demographic of council, it is what it is, so to have someone who is younger, [and] professional might be a different point of view."
He said he was also concerned about Orange's water.
"In the middle of the drought what can we do to store water better, use water better?" he said.
"I don't know what the problem will be in September next year," he said.
Dr Peterson said his accident had spurred him into wanting to be a councillor or politician.
"I was always interested in politics but I suspect without this accident I would have been quite happy being a doctor and just assisting the local party and the democratic process," he said.
He said nominating for parliament was a more long-term move.
There are things I have experienced in town, with the roads, the potholes and bumps and speed humps I am now feeling in a way I never noticed before.
- Dr Steve Peterson
"I think realistically let's see how I go. If I am healthy then maybe," he said.
He said his disability would present a different perspective he could offer a parliament.
"I think now I am a bit more unusual in that I can combine that professional background with being a patient, being a disabled patient who was on the disability support pension for a little while," he said.
"That would be unusual in state parliament.
"Perhaps it gives me a different perspective, allows me to make a different contribution. I am still working as a practising doctor, that's a useful contribution as well I hope," Dr Peterson said.
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