Sam Farraway

Samuel Jacob Farraway (born 1986) is an Australian politician who served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from October 2019 to December 2024 and as the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads in the second Perrottet ministry between December 2021 and March 2023. He is a member of the NSW Nationals.

Farraway resigned from the Legislative Council after he was preselected as The Nationals candidate for Calare in July 2024 for the 2025 federal election, but was unsuccessful. He had also previously contested for federal parliament as a Senate candidate in the 2019 federal election, and unsuccessfully ran for party pre-selection for Calare for the 2016 federal election.

Background Farraway was born in Bathurst Base Hospital in 1986 to Warren and Leanne Farraway, and is the eldest of five children. Warren Farraway was involved in the automotive trade. In 1988, Warren and Leanne Farraway purchased a Hertz car rental franchise in Bathurst. Sam started to manage the family-run Hertz business in 2004. After operating for 30 years, the Farraway family sold the business in 2018. Blair resigned from the Council on 16 October 2019, and Farraway was appointed as a member of the Legislative Council the following day on 17 October 2019. In December 2021, Farraway was sworn in as the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads in the Perrottet ministry. He held the position until the Liberal-National Coalition lost the 2023 state election in March that year.

On 20 July 2024, Farraway was preselected as the Nationals candidate for Calare for the 2025 federal election, after Gee had resigned from the party two years earlier. On 9 December 2024, Farraway resigned from the Legislative Council and was succeeded in the Legislative Council by former member for Monaro Nichole Overall. At the federal election in May 2025, Farraway came first on first preference votes. However, after preference distributions, he ultimately lost to Gee, who was contesting as an independent candidate.