Mount Albert by-election campaign, 2009

• "This happens...people coming in from South Auckland get to Mount Albert right?...and the thing it's like, hopefully, we could divert some of that traffic and criminals away from Mount Albert..."
  • Newstalk ZB and New Zealand Press Association (14 May 2010). Lee steps into another controversy. Television New Zealand. Retrieved on 2010-07-13.
  • About the State Highway 20 Waterview Connection proposal

• "I am not expecting to win"
  • Gower, Patrick (23 May 2009). Nats ask Act MP to lay off Melissa Lee. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved on 2010-07-13.
  • About what she thought her chances were in the election in a Radio New Zealand interview

• "I am expecting to come second, at least...I am not putting in all these hours and putting up with media trying to come second, I am not...I am trying to win this damn thing."
  • Gower, Patrick (23 May 2009). Nats ask Act MP to lay off Melissa Lee. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved on 2010-07-13.
  • After the radio interview