Ms Hazelton was the only person to nominate for the seat when nominations closed on Monday afternoon.

The mother of three is married to farmer and businessman Richard Hazelton.

Electoral Council chairman Jeff Herdegen said she would make a presentation to party members at a meeting in Orange on February 2 before she can be officially endorsed to stand at the poll.

Mr Herdegen said Ms Hazelton had served with the Army on the front line in Iraq as a nurse.

He said she was also involved with the RSL through the Orange Ex-Services’ Club and in community and rural activities through the region.

In a profile report she sent to Nationals party members she was originally from the New England area but spent most of her childhood in Young before going to school overseas.

“At the age of 21 I went to work in Beiruit, Lebanon and while I was there the civil war was reignited.”

She said she later returned to Australia and joined the Army Reserve.

“I was part of the first cohort of Army nurses to be trained as combat medics,” she said.

Ms Hazelton said she wanted better health services for Orange, more funding for infrastructure and more jobs for the region.

She would replace Yvette Quinn as the Nationals candidate after she resigned after a few months in the role last year.

Ms Hazelton will have to beat sitting Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party member Phil Donato at the election to regain the seat for the Nationals.