What is Division of Parkes?
{{Infobox Australian Electorate | federal = yes | name = Parkes | image = Division of Parkes 2010.png | imagesize = 300 | caption = Division of Parkes (green) within [[New South Wales]] | created = 1984 | mp = [[Mark Coulton]] | mp-party = [[National Party of Australia|National]] | namesake = [[Henry Parkes|Sir Henry Parkes]] | electors = 101903 | electors_year = 2013 | electors_footnotes = <ref name=vtr-parkes2013>{{cite web |url=http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-139.htm |title=NSW Division - Parkes, NSW |work=Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013 |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]] |date=24 September 2013<!-- 12:13:44 PM--> |accessdate=6 November 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102105434/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-139.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>| area = 256643 | class = Rural }} [[File:Henryparkes.jpg|thumb|left|Henry Parkes]] The '''Division of Parkes''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian electoral division]] in the [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[New South Wales]]. It is the largest electorate in the state. It is located in the far north of the state, next to the border with [[Queensland]]. It is named after Sir [[Henry Parkes]], seventh [[Premier of New South Wales]] and sometimes known as the 'Father of Federation'.<ref name=aec>{{cite web |url= http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/parkes.htm |title=Profile of the electoral division of Parkes (NSW) |first= |last= |work=Australian Electoral Commission |year=2014 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}</ref> It was set up in 1984. It includes the towns of [[Dubbo]]. It also includes the towns of [[Mudgee]], [[Dunedoo, New South Wales|Dunedoo]], [[Gulgong, New South Wales|Gunnedah]], [[Coonabarabran, New South Wales|Coonabarabran]], [[Coonamble, New South Wales|Coonamble]], [[Walgett, New South Wales|Walgett]], [[Narrabri, New South Wales|Narrabri]], [[Moree, New South Wales|Moree]]