The Guardian | Former independent MP Rob Oakeshott will contest 2016 election The Guardian Oakeshott says he will run in Cowper, not his former seat of Lyne, as his home town of Port Macquarie has moved into Cowper due to a redistribution. Photograph: Alan Porritt/AAP. Paul Karp · @Paul_Karp. Thursday 9 June 2016 23.38 EDT Last modified on ... Federal election 2016: former MP Rob Oakeshott to stand for Parliament Turnbull warns of hung parliament, Shorten announces $105 billion in budget savings Rob Oakeshott announces candidacy for seat of Cowper |