Pat Farmer

This article is about the athlete and politician. For the soccer coach, see Patrick Farmer (soccer).

The Honourable
Pat Farmer
AM
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Macarthur
In office
10 November 2001 – 19 July 2010
Preceded byJohn Fahey
Succeeded byRussell Matheson
Personal details
Born (1962-03-14) 14 March 1962 (age 62)
Sydney
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
OccupationUltra-marathon athlete and motivational speaker

Patrick Francis Daniel Farmer AM (born 14 March 1962) is an Australian ultra-marathon athlete, motivational speaker, and former politician. He served as a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the seat of Macarthur in south-west Sydney from 2001 to 2010, as a member of the Liberal Party.

Farmer has an established reputation in international and national ultra-marathons. Between April 2011 and January 2012, Farmer successfully completed the world's longest ultra-marathon, a "Pole to Pole Run" from the North Pole to the South Pole, raising A$100,000 for Red Cross International.[1] On 17 April 2023, Farmer set out from Hobart, Tasmania, to complete an 14,400 km run around Australia in support of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Romero, Melissa (28 February 2012). "Pat Farmer Becomes First Person to Run Pole to Pole - Washingtonian". Washingtonian. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference gh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Caines, Kimberley (16 April 2023). "Yes vote a marathon not a sprint, says Albo". The West Australian. Seven West Media. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. ^ Atkinson, Peter (22 August 2023). "Marathon man Pat Farmer taking Yes message to every inch of Australia". InQueensland. Retrieved 23 August 2023.