PHOTO: Mark Coulton has served as the Member for Parkes for almost two decades. IMAGE: supplied
Mark Coulton says he’s “quite excited” to hang up his political boots as the outgoing Parkes MP passes his final sitting weeks in the Australian Parliament.
The 67-year-old returned to the Parliament House on 4 February, a day after his birthday. When he retires ahead of the next Federal election he will have spent 18 years in office, and thousands of kilometres on the dusty roads that make up one of the largest electorates in Australia.
He served as a government minister and has been invested in projects like the Lightning Ridge Opal Centre and Inland Rail, but Mr Coulton said he is most proud of the less public work he has done…