Division of Cowper
| Cowper Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Cowper (green) within New South Wales | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Pat Conaghan |
| Party | National |
| Namesake | Charles Cowper |
| Electors | 94,654 (2010) |
| Area | 7,861 km2 (3,035.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Cowper is an Australian electoral division in New South Wales. It was one of 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for Charles Cowper, an early Premier of New South Wales.[1] It is on the north coast of New South Wales, and includes the towns of Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Macksville, Nambucca Heads and Port Macquarie.[1][2]
Members
[change | change source]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Clarke | Protectionist | 1901–1903 | |
| Henry Lee | Free Trade, Anti-Socialist | 1903–1906 | |
| John Thomson | Protectionist | [1906–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1917 | ||
| Nationalist | 1917–1919 | ||
| (Sir) Earle Page | Country | 1919–1961 | |
| Frank McGuren | Labor | 1961–1963 | |
| Ian Robinson | Country | 1963–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1982 | ||
| National | 1982–1984 | ||
| Garry Nehl | National | 1984–2001 | |
| Luke Hartsuyker | National | 2001–present | |
Its most famous member was Sir Earle Page, leader of the Country Party and Prime Minister of Australia in 1939.
Election results
[change | change source]| 2022 Australian federal election: Cowper[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | Pat Conaghan | 43,909 | 39.47 | −7.60 | |
| Independent | Caz Heise | 29,206 | 26.26 | +26.26 | |
| Labor | Keith McMullen | 15,566 | 13.99 | +0.20 | |
| One Nation | Faye Aspiotis | 9,047 | 8.13 | +8.13 | |
| Greens | Timothy Nott | 6,518 | 5.86 | −0.08 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Chaseling | 4,316 | 3.88 | +3.88 | |
| United Australia | Joshua Fairhall | 2,674 | 2.40 | −0.62 | |
| Total formal votes | 111,236 | 95.07 | +2.85 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,770 | 4.93 | −2.85 | ||
| Turnout | 117,006 | 90.22 | −1.81 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| National | Pat Conaghan | 66,153 | 59.47 | −2.41 | |
| Labor | Keith McMullen | 45,083 | 40.53 | +2.41 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| National | Pat Conaghan | 58,204 | 52.32 | −4.47 | |
| Independent | Caz Heise | 53,032 | 47.68 | +47.68 | |
| National hold | Swing | –4.47 | |||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Profile of the Electoral Division of Cowper, Australian Electoral Commission, retrieved 9 May 2012
- ↑ Map of the Federal Electoral Division of Cowper (PDF), Government of Australia, retrieved 9 May 2012
- ↑ Cowper, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
Other websites
[change | change source]| Preceded by Wilmot |
Division represented by the Prime Minister 1939 Earle Page |
Succeeded by Kooyong |