Pat Farmer
Pat Farmer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Macarthur | |
| In office 10 November 2001 – 19 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | John Fahey |
| Succeeded by | Russell Matheson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Francis Daniel Farmer 14 March 1962 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Ultra-marathon athlete, 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. 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.