Career
Prior to his election, Franklin served as the State Director of the Nationals between 2008 and 2015. The child of two school teachers, Franklin grew up in Barham, New South Wales,and Coal Point NSW before being awarded an academic scholarship to study at Cranbrook School in Sydney. Franklin studied Law at the University of Sydney and attended the residential college of Street Paul"son
Preselected to the leading position on the Nationals ticket while a resident of Kirribilli in Sydney"s lower north shore, Franklin vowed to move to the NSW North Coast on his election.
