Farraway resigned from the Legislative Council after he was preselected as The Nationals candidate for Calare in July 2024 for the 2025 federal election,but was unsuccessful. He had also previously contested for federal parliament as a Senate candidate in the 2019 federal election,and unsuccessfully ran for party pre-selection for Calare for the 2016 federal election.
Background
Farraway was born in Bathurst Base Hospital in 1986 to Warren and Leanne Farraway,and is the eldest of five children.[1] Warren Farraway was involved in the automotive trade. In 1988,Warren and Leanne Farraway purchased a Hertz car rental franchise in Bathurst. Sam started to manage the family-run Hertz business in 2004.[2] After operating for 30 years,the Farraway family sold the business in 2018.[1]
In 2015 he won the young entrepreneur of the year at the Carillon Business Awards.[3]
Political career
In 2007,Farraway met Kerry Bartlett,the then-federal Liberal MP for Macquarie,prior to the 2007 federal election. Farraway helped out in Bartlett's election campaign,by being the booth captain,packing booth kits,staffing pre-poll centres,and had a picture of Barlett's face on his car for five weeks.[1] Bartlett ultimately lost his seat at the election.
Three years later,in 2010,Farraway met John Cobb,the then-federal Nationals MP for Calare,prior to the 2010 federal election. Again,Farraway helped out with the election campaign and became the booth captain,performing the same tasks as he did for Bartlett's campaign.[1] Cobb comfortably retained his seat in the election. In 2012,18 months after the election,Farraway joined the Nationals after Cobb's recommendation.
After joining the Nationals,Farraway was the chair of the party's Bathurst branch,Bathurst State Electoral Council,Calare Federal Electorate Council,and a central executive member of the party.[1] He was also the campaign manager for Cobb's election campaign in the 2013 federal election and for Paul Toole's election campaign in the 2019 New South Wales state election. As of November2019[update],he is also the senior vice chair of the NSW Nationals.
In March 2019,Niall Blair announced his intention to resign from New South Wales Legislative Council and would do so when a replacement was found. Farraway won the party's preselection in September 2019 to fill Blair's upcoming vacancy.[4][5] Blair resigned from the Council on 16 October 2019,and Farraway was appointed as a member of the Legislative Council the following day on 17 October 2019. In December 2021,Farraway was sworn in as the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads in the Perrottet ministry.[6] He held the position until the Liberal-National Coalition lost the 2023 state election in March that year.
On 20 July 2024,Farraway was preselected as the Nationals candidate for Calare for the 2025 federal election,after Gee had resigned from the party two years earlier.[7] On 9 December 2024,Farraway resigned from the Legislative Council and was succeeded in the Legislative Council by former member for MonaroNichole Overall.[3][8] At the federal election in May 2025,Farraway came first on first preference votes. However,after preference distributions,he ultimately lost to Gee,who was contesting as an independent candidate.[9]
↑ "Election of a Member of the Legislative Council". Legislative Council Hansard — 13 February 2025 — Proof. Parliament of New South Wales: Legislative Council. 13 February 2025. Joint Sitting. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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