Dawn Fardell

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Dawn Elizabeth Fardell is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

Mrs Fardell was born in Sydney and moved to Dubbo in 1977. She is married to a local businessman and has three adult children. Mrs Fardell was elected to Dubbo City Council in 1999 and served until 2005.

She has represented Dubbo as an Independent since the November 2004 by-election following the death of Independent Tony McGrane. At the time, the by-election was seen as a test of the NSW Nationals, who had held the seat for 17 years prior to McGrane's election in 1999,[1] while Fardell presented herself as "capable of working with any party and not having to toe the party line".[2] Labor, who had not held the seat since 1959, did not field a candidate and federal independents Peter Andren and Tony Windsor supported her in her campaign.[3] In the final result, Fardell picked up 49.3% of the primary vote, with 56% on two-party preferred.[4]

She was returned to office in the 2007 state election, winning 41.66% of the primary vote with both major parties once again running,[5] and has served as a member of parliamentary standing committees on public works and road safety. [6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Alex. "Nats in byelection showdown for Dubbo", Sun-Herald, 14 November 2004, p. 40. 
  2. ^ Seccombe, Mike. "Spoiling the party", Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November 2004, p. 32. 
  3. ^ Silmalis, Linda. "Dubbo failure for Nats", Sunday Telegraph, 21 November 2004, p. 17. 
  4. ^ Barry, Colin (1 February 2005). Legislative Assembly District of Dubbo : by-election : 20 November 2004. State Electoral Office. 
  5. ^ Electoral Commission of New South Wales (5 April 2007). Post Election Night - 2007 State Election Results - State Electoral District of DUBBO. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  6. ^ Mrs Dawn Elizabeth Fardell, MP. Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.


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NAME Fardell, Dawn Elizabeth
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SHORT DESCRIPTION New South Wales politician
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