A federal election will be held this year with the possibility of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling an early poll still an option.

Farrer is one of the safest Coalition seats in the country with incumbent Sussan Ley holding sway by more than 20 per cent.

Her primary vote rose by 6.4 per cent at the last election and she has been promoted to health minister since her 2013 victory.

In the two-party preferred count, Ms Ley more than doubled the votes of her Labor rival, school teacher Gavin Hickey.

The Greens have already selected a candidate, Dr Amanda Cohn.

Farrer Labor spokesman Darren Cameron said there was still time to secure a suitable candidate, but described the chances of his Albury Council colleague Ross Jackson standing for Labor again as remote.

Cr Jackson took on sitting member Greg Aplin in the NSW election last March and succeeded in more than doubling the Labor vote from the 2011 poll.

"There is a process we have to go through and we want to ensure we get the best possible candidate," Mr Cameron said.

"We are always serious and we always campaign as hard as we are able to.

"We have our Senate vote to consider also and to sit back idle would be putting at risk some of our Senate vote.

"Any talk we are running dead in Farrer is fatuous in the extreme."

Mr Cameron said recent changes to Medicare benefits could backfire on Ms Ley in Farrer.

"Sussan Ley would be very wise not to underestimate the public backlash against her position as health minister in light of these changes," he said.

In a potential further blow, Labor has lost one of its few voter heartlands before the next election.

Broken Hill has been part of Farrer since 2007, but has been lost to the Parkes electorate and replaced by Griffith, Leeton and Narrandera from the Riverina electorate.

Ms Ley has been the member for Farrer since 2001 upon retirement of Tim Fischer.