CAKE TIME: Richard Torbay celebrating his 50th birthday.

QUIRKY: Richard Torbay poses for a photo in a newspaper story about trout fishing.

OBVIOUS SIGNS: Richard Torbay, then mayor of Armidale in front of one of the city's road signs with Dumaresq mayor Peter Monley in 1998

POSE: Richard Torbay voting in the 2011 NSW election. He won with over 63 per cent of the vote.

OVER: The camera catches Richard Torbay looking serious in 2006.

OPENING: A picture from 1996 showing Richard Torbay at a bank opening.

SWING AWAY: Richard Torbay with University of New England Vice-Chancellor Jim Barber in 2011.

QUICK: A photo from last year showing Richard Torbay's soccer talent.

IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Richard Torbay talking with Nationals leader Warren Truss.