predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp children religion nationality party profession birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
john fahey russell matheson australian sydney , new south wales macarthur brooke -lrb- f -rrb- , dillon -lrb- m -rrb- roman catholicism australian liberal party of australia athlete ; motivational speaker 14 march 1962 10 november 2001 tania farmer -lrb- 2014 - -rrb- pat farmer
 19 july 2010 pat farmer ultra-marathon athlete and motivational speaker
pat farmer

patrick francis daniel `` pat '' farmer -lrb- born 14 march 1962 -rrb- , an ultra-marathon athlete , motivational speaker , and former australian politician , was a member of the australian house of representatives , representing the seat of macarthur in south-west sydney , new south wales 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 100,000 for red cross international .
