INCUMBENT Parkes MP Mark Coulton wears many hats; husband, father, farmer, MP and Nationals’ Chief Whip. Mark grew up in Gravesend, the son of Jack and Nancy Coulton of Avondale, and Mark lists his parents as the two most influential people in his life.
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“My father taught me the value of hard work and my mother taught me the importance of compassion and always seeing the other side of the story,” he said.
Mr Coulton attended Warialda Public School then Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School as a boarding student.
After completing the HSC, Mr Coulton returned to the family farm where he worked for 30 years to build a farming and grazing enterprise of cropping and cattle with his wife Robyn, and to raise their three children Claire, Sally and Matthew.
From 2004 until 2007 Mark was the mayor of his local Gwydir Shire Council, serving on numerous parliamentary committees before being elected to House of Representatives for the seat of Parkes.
Mark and his wife Robyn are still every inch the team, travelling large distances across the Parkes electorate, from community to community to meet with constituents.
Find out more about him when we asked a couple of quick questions:
His favourite thing to unwind? Mowing his lawn at the end of the week.
