Four candidates have so far stepped up to contest the new ‘super seat’ of Barwon for the March 28 state elections.
Sitting Member, the Nationals’ Kevin Humphries, is a Minister in the State Government.
His seat is being challenged by the Greens’ candidate Cameron Jones, from the newly included city of Broken Hill, Labor’s Craig Ashby and People’s Voice for Barwon candidate Rohan Boehm.
Candidates will be travelling vast distances to campaign in every part of the electorate.
After the redistribution of boundaries, the new Barwon encompasses 45 percent of NSW, or 356,000 square kilometres.
The electorate stretches all the way to the Queensland and South Australian borders and east to Narrabri – an area bigger than Germany.
Within the new Barwon boundaries are Broken Hill, Bourke, Lightning Ridge, Walgett, Cobar, and Coonabarabran regions, plus of course, Narrabri Shire, but excluding Moree.
Candidates will be officially announced by the NSW Electoral Commission on March 16.
The three challengers are all new to politics, with Rohan Boehme working previously as an agricultural consultant, and both Craig Ashby and Cameron Jones working as teachers in their respective home towns.
Barwon is considered a safe seat, held by the National Party since 1995.
Prior to that it was held by the National Country Party (1976-1995).