August 19, 2015
Labor has endorsed Barcaldine health worker David Kerrigan as the candidate for Maranoa in the upcoming Federal election.
The former shearer has lived in the electorate all his life, and moved to Barcaldine 32 years ago.
He will be officially launching his campaign for the seat at 6:00pm on Tuesday, September 1, at BC’s Bar and Gill Restaurant (the Bungil Creek Motel) in Roma.
Guest speaker will be Federal MP and Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs Joel Fitzgibbon.
Nick Cedric-Thompson contested Maranoa for the ALP at the 2013 Federal Election.
He received 14,649 primary votes (16.29 per cent)
After preferences were distributed, he received 27.72 per cent of the vote.
Earlier this month, sitting Member Bruce Scott announced that he would be retiring at the next Federal election.
Mr Scott, who will turn 72 on October 20, has held the Maranoa electorate for the National Party Of Australia for more than 25 years.
The LNP has yet to announce a candidate to take Mr Scott’s place.
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