 In the spring of 2000 he was elected vice chairman of the Centre Party Västmanland district (a post he kept until the spring of 2002).In the 2002 election he was the Centre Party candidate to receive most votes in the Västmanland County constituency, but due to the 8%-rule regarding personal votes the mandate instead went to the first name on the list.On 18 October 2002 Federley was unanimously elected new chairman of the Centre Party Youth, succeeding Malin Svensson.