The seat of Parkes is one of the largest in Australia. The seat covers parts of Western NSW from Mudgee to Moree and Bourke. The seat is held by the Nationals’ Mark Coultan with a large margin. The seat was dramatically redrawn for the 2007 election to shift towards the north-west, while the recent redistribution largely reversed the changes while retaining the territory gained in 2007. The largest town in the seat is Dubbo, which makes up about one quarter of the population.
Seat profile #81: Parkes
– April 24, 2010
