Jamie Chaffey officially declared as federal Member for Parkes
Jamie Chaffey has been officially declared as the federal Member for Parkes. The Australian Electoral Commission conducted a poll declaration event in Dubbo on Tuesday. Official results show Mr Chaffey, of The Nationals, winning the electorate on a two-party preferred count of 62.97 per cent to Labor’s 37.03 per cent. Mr Chaffey, who was pre-selected at an event at Narrabri’s The Crossing Theatre last year, now officially takes over from Mark Coulton following his 17 years of representing the Parkes electorate in Canberra. As reported by The Courier last week, Mr Chaffey was also announced in the Shadow Ministry as […]