Member for Parkes Mark Coulton will be running for the seat again at the next federal election.
Mr Coulton was chosen at his party’s preselection meeting on Sunday, May 23, in Narrabri.
This is the sixth time he has been preselected as the Nationals’ candidate.
The Nationals’ Parkes federal electorate council chair, Brendan Moylan, said he was proud to endorse Mr Coulton as the local candidate.
“Mark is doing a great job as the federal Member for Parkes; he’s incredibly hard working, humble and a wonderful advocate for regional Australia,” Mr Moylan said.
“The amount of travel he does is quite extraordinary, spending just a few nights at home each month when he’s not travelling around the large electorate.”
“He’s trusted, well respected and an incredibly solid and effective local member.”
Mr Coulton said he is honoured to have been preselected once again.
“It has been a privilege serving the people of the Parkes electorate for the past 14 years and I’m thrilled to be given the opportunity to continue to represent this wonderful part of the state,” Mr Coulton said.
“Over the last 14 years I’ve fought hard to ensure the bush is not left behind, and I plan to continue fighting for our regional areas, making sure we have high quality health services, internet coverage and infrastructure in place to enable our communities to grow and prosper.”
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