Clean cut, grey suit, blue tie.
Matthew Guy certainly fits the profile of a Liberal politician.
But scratch the surface and there's more to know about the 44-year-old leader of the Victorian party and would-be premier.
A proud product of the state school system, the grandson of Ukrainian immigrants and father of three, he has started to reveal some of his personal side while on the campaign trail.
Known to always be politically on point and rarely straying from policy, Mr Guy revealed a rare glimpse of himself away from the job during a televised debate on Wednesday.
"My wife's waters broke at 27-and-a-bit weeks, with our first (baby), we were interstate," Mr Guy told the Sky News audience of undecided voters in Melbourne's outer suburbs.
"We were brand new parents ... We didn't know what would be with our son, would he suffer any issues, would there be problems with his growth."
For those familiar with the confident character, it was a shock to hear from a softer Matthew Guy.
Wife Renae and even mother Vera have shared the limelight.
There's still been the familiar tough-on-crime (Mr) Guy.
"If you breach your bail, you will go to jail," has become his catchcry in the wake of a deadly terror attack on Melbourne streets, committed by a knifeman on bail for minor matters.
His message is resonating with voters.
A Roy Morgan poll of 961 voters found 82 per cent agreed with the Liberal-Nationals proposal to lock up all people who breach their bail.
Nor does Mr Guy have time for Melbourne's supervised injecting room, proclaiming his government would withdraw funding and close the centre - located close to a North Richmond school - as soon as possible.
Among his proposals is a boot camp for youth offenders, who would be forced into a regime of physical exercise and education, along with community service activities like cleaning graffiti.
In the closing hours of the campaign, polling showed the return of a Labor government on a two-party preferred basis, but Mr Guy remained optimistic.
"If I believed opinion polls, Nick Xenophon would be the premier of South Australia, the Labor party would've won in Tasmania, Brexit would have been rejected and Hillary Clinton would be the United States president," he said on Friday.
He's concerned out-of-control population growth means those opportunities might be missed and wants Victoria to have a say in where migrants and refugees settle with the state to have input on visa conditions.
"(It) will give us more control in managing skills shortages right across Victoria and directing migration growth to the areas that need it the most," Mr Guy said.
There would be a 50-50 split between federal and state governments to better manage population growth under his government.
To encourage people to move outside Melbourne and start businesses, he plans to cut payroll tax to just one per cent in regional Victoria.
There are also promises to address traffic congestion, cut energy costs and improve rail transport in the state including introducing high speed trains.
That pledge is particularly close to his heart because his father's love of trains and memories of being driven around the state to see the latest models.
"I've had 40 years of lectures from my father about trains and how important they are," he said.
Mr Guy worked part-time to pay for his tertiary education at La Trobe University, which is where he first got interested in politics.
But before he was elected in 2006 he worked in a variety of jobs including at the Victorian Farmers Federation and as a manager in the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
He was appointed planning minister in 2010 under Liberal premier Ted Baillieu but has faced heavy criticism for decisions during his tenure.
This included a slew of controversial high-rise building approvals in the city, the rezoning of a 250-hectare industrial area for development and the botched rezoning of farmland at Ventnor in Phillip Island.
The latter decision sparked an Ombudsman investigation and ended with an out-of-court settlement totalling $3.5 million, including costs.
Mr Guy also copped bad press for a 2017 dinner meeting at the lavish Lobster Cave restaurant with alleged Melbourne mafia boss, Tony Madafferi. He has insisted it was not linked to political donations and had no idea Madafferi would be there.
"Some people say any publicity is good publicity," Mr Guy told News Corp.
"I'm not sure that that's entirely the case. It's just one of those things in politics. You just have to deal with it. And move on."
Mr Guy is due to learn late tomorrow how his life will move on.
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WHO IS MATTHEW JASON GUY?
Age: 44
Electorate: Bulleen, eastern suburbs of Melbourne
Education: Montmorency High School, La Trobe University, Monash University (Masters)
Career before parliament: Worked at the Victorian Farmers Federation and was a manager at the Australian Securities and Investment Commission
Political career: First elected to parliament in 2006 and was appointed planning minister in 2010, then as minister for multicultural affairs and citizenship in 2014. Won a seat representing Bulleen in 2014 and appointed as leader a month later.
Family: Met wife Renae while she was working for former Liberal MP Gary Rowe, but she used to work as a journalist for Leader newspapers. They have three sons: Joseph, Samuel and Alex. Grandparents are Ukrainian.
