Early Political Career
Gosse was first elected in the 2003 general election with a narrow margin of 74 votes, achieving 44.54% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2006 with 60.92%, an increase of 2521 votes and in 2009 with 71.07% and a margin of 3186 votes over his nearest opponent.
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