"You end up doing what you're asked to do in this business," he said.
"I've had a fair bit of experience in local government and I know and understand where that needs to be going.
"I think it'll depend a little bit on where we get in the next few weeks."
Mr McKelvie said a priority would be getting Government support for tourism infrastructure in the electorate.
"Help's going to have to come from elsewhere. I think there will have to be central government help, certainly around environmental infrastructure that local councils have to provide."
He said it was disappointing to lose the Maori Party from Parliament.
"I think they added some real value to Parliament. I think that's one of the loses."
Meanwhile Ms Warren was pleased the Opposition parties managed to cut Mr McKelvie's majority.
"I think that's a joint effort between the Opposition parties," she said.
"It's a reflection on the feeling for change that there is by a lot of people and there are a lot of people who feel ignored."
Meanwhile, Ms Warren said any chance of Labour leading a coalition was a matter for party leaders to discuss.
"It's not the result we were looking for but, I mean, it's pretty good when you consider where we were seven weeks ago."
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Result:
Rangitīkei
Candidates:
Ian McKelvie (National) 18,807;
Heather Warren (Labour) (9,143);
Rob Stevenson (NZ First) 2,611;
Robin Campbell McCandless (Greens) 1,686;
Cedric Backhouse (Conservative) 190;
Neil Wilson (Act) 189;
Candidate informals (342).
Party:
National Party (17,486);
Labour Party (9,216);
New Zealand First Party (3,463);
Green Party (1,358);
The Opportunities Party (664);
ACT New Zealand (151);
Māori Party (140);
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (111);
Conservative (96);
Ban 1080 (77);
NZ Outdoors Party (32);
United Future (30);
New Zealand People's Party (13);
Democrats for Social Credit (11)
Mana (8);
Internet Party (3);
Party Informals (113).