That’s according to former alderman Darren Alexander, who resigned from the council last week.

Mr Alexander announced he would run for the City of Hobart council as alderman and Lord Mayor on Sunday. 

He pointed to his experiences on the Launceston council to inspiring the confidence in him to run for lord mayor.

“I loved Launceston. It’s a fantastic, exciting place,” he said.

“The council will go down in history as one that has done right by the city.”

He said the city would benefit from the council’s decision-making and foresight “for the next 20 years”.

Mutual respect and collaboration was a key theme of Mr Alexander’s time on the council and he said that was sorely needed in Hobart.

“You can’t do anything without the collegiate support of your fellow aldermen,” he said.

“We [Launceston] always had respect for each other and Hobart needs that.”

He said he hoped he could take his experience in a collaborative council environment and implement some of those skills into the Hobart council, if he were elected.

Work and family commitments have drawn the successful businessman to Hobart, which he describes as “coming home”.

“I’m a passionate Tasmanian. I grew up on the West Coast, but lived in Hobart for eight years before coming to Launceston,” he said.

He said he hoped his experience in business and local government would inspire people to vote for him.

Local government elections will be held across the state in October.