The party’s candidate will be pastor Steve Ryan, 55, a father of five daughters.

The Bomaderry resident has a background in retail and performing arts. 

The March 28 poll will be his fourth state election, having also previously run for federal parliament three times. 

He said these experiences had taught him that campaigning was ‘‘hard work’’.

‘‘I’ve learnt not to give up, just to keep on standing to give people an opportunity to vote for our family values,’’ he said.

He felt he the party had some made some inroads within the area during his stints as a candidate.

‘‘At the (last) federal election I virtually doubled the vote since my last federal election,’’ he said. 

Mr Ryan said the message the party wanted to convey was the CDP is ‘‘probably one of the most stable parties in the whole political landscape’’.

‘‘We have the reliability of Reverend Fred Nile’s record of being 33 years in parliament,’’ he said.

‘‘We might be only a small party, but we have a message to put out there that people can rely upon our small party because we have, actually, along with Paul Green, we have the balance of power.

‘‘Fred Nile always likes to call it the balance of prayer and responsibility.

‘‘No matter who gets in at this next state election, we like to think that the CDP will be the stabilising influence and the one that will bring balance and common sense to policies.

‘‘We’ll always do our best to bring amendments to make even a good policy even better.’’

Mr Ryan wanted to assure the electorate they wouldn’t just lay down and accept any policy the two major parties put in place. 

‘‘Even with regard to the poles and wires, we will look at an outcomes-based angle, as to how it will actually translate into the benefit of the everyday, ordinary taxpayer.

‘‘So we want to see how these leasing of the poles and wires will impact the everyday person.

‘‘We want to make sure that we make each party, either Liberal or Labor responsible and accountable.’’ 

Mr Ryan gained 3.9 per vent of the vote at the 2011 election. 

Liberal incumbent Gareth Ward, who received 41.5 per cent of the primary vote in 2011, will also be challenged by Labor’s Glenn Kolomeitz and Greens candidate Terry Barratt.