Electoral results for the Division of Cowan

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Cowan in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1984 until the present.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Carolyn Jakobsen Labor 1984–1993
  Richard Evans Liberal 1993–1998
  Graham Edwards Labor 1998–2007
  Luke Simpkins Liberal 2007–2016
  Anne Aly Labor 2016–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2016: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke Simpkins 34,405 42.22 −4.36
Labor Anne Aly 33,966 41.68 +6.90
Greens Sheridan Young 6,193 7.60 −0.18
Christians Rex Host 2,680 3.29 +0.90
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Jamie Chester 2,288 2.81 +2.81
Liberal Democrats Neil Hamilton 1,096 1.34 +1.34
Mature Australia Steve Veness 868 1.07 +1.07
Total formal votes 81,496 94.53 +0.09
Informal votes 4,712 5.47 −0.09
Turnout 86,208 89.57 −2.10
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anne Aly 41,301 50.68 +5.20
Liberal Luke Simpkins 40,195 49.32 −5.20
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.20
Australian federal election, 2013: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke Simpkins 41,849 49.59 −0.47
Labor Tristan Cockman 27,248 32.29 −0.16
Greens Adam Collins 6,677 7.91 −4.62
Palmer United Vimal Sharma 4,501 5.33 +5.33
Christians David Kingston 1,802 2.14 +2.14
Family First Che Tam Nguyen 1,442 1.71 −0.65
Rise Up Australia Sheila Mundy 869 1.03 +1.03
Total formal votes 84,388 94.90 +0.02
Informal votes 4,536 5.10 −0.02
Turnout 88,924 93.09 −1.14
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Luke Simpkins 48,487 57.46 +1.17
Labor Tristan Cockman 35,901 42.54 −1.17
Liberal hold Swing +1.17
Australian federal election, 2010: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke Simpkins 40,077 50.06 +4.75
Labor Chas Hopkins 25,975 32.45 −9.91
Greens Rob Phillips 10,033 12.53 +6.83
Christian Democrats David Kingston 2,081 2.60 +0.70
Family First Alan Leach 1,888 2.36 +0.64
Total formal votes 80,054 94.88 −0.96
Informal votes 4,320 5.12 +0.96
Turnout 84,374 94.22 −0.37
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Luke Simpkins 45,062 56.29 +5.01
Labor Chas Hopkins 34,992 43.71 −5.01
Liberal hold Swing +5.01

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke Simpkins 38,872 45.81 +1.42
Labor Liz Prime 35,633 41.99 −1.88
Greens Johannes Herrmann 4,778 5.63 +0.04
Christian Democrats Martin Firth 1,584 1.87 −0.58
Family First Rhonda Hamersley 1,452 1.71 +1.71
Liberty & Democracy Ken Lee 1,003 1.18 +1.18
One Nation Dave Tierney 783 0.92 −1.09
Independent Norm Ramsay 558 0.66 +0.66
CEC Roger Blakeway 195 0.23 −0.14
Total formal votes 84,858 95.84 +0.85
Informal votes 3,679 4.16 −0.85
Turnout 88,537 94.79 +0.62
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Luke Simpkins 43,883 51.71 +2.49
Labor Liz Prime 40,975 48.29 −2.49
Liberal gain from Labor Swing −2.49
Australian federal election, 2004: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke Simpkins 33,905 44.39 +8.27
Labor Graham Edwards 33,510 43.87 −3.88
Greens Glen George 4,272 5.59 +1.53
Christian Democrats Richard Leeder 1,873 2.45 +0.91
One Nation Clem Winton 1,538 2.01 −3.67
Democrats Sarah Gilfillan 1,002 1.31 −2.97
CEC Basil Atkins 282 0.37 +0.37
Total formal votes 76,382 94.99 −0.34
Informal votes 4,032 5.01 +0.34
Turnout 80,414 94.17 −1.55
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Graham Edwards 38,784 50.78 −4.73
Liberal Luke Simpkins 37,498 49.22 +4.73
Labor hold Swing −4.73
Australian federal election, 2001: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Graham Edwards 34,703 47.75 +4.14
Liberal Andre Shannon 26,250 36.12 −2.72
One Nation Ron Holt 4,130 5.68 −2.39
Democrats Tracy Chaloner 3,111 4.28 +0.34
Greens Dave Fort 2,951 4.06 +0.16
Christian Democrats Paul Salmon 1,117 1.54 +0.36
National Sue Metcalf 410 0.56 +0.56
Total formal votes 72,672 95.33 −0.84
Informal votes 3,564 4.67 +0.84
Turnout 76,236 96.06
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Graham Edwards 40,341 55.51 +2.40
Liberal Andre Shannon 32,331 44.49 −2.40
Labor hold Swing +2.40

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Graham Edwards 31,312 43.89 +4.19
Liberal Richard Evans 27,797 38.96 −6.25
One Nation Ron Holt 5,777 8.10 +8.10
Democrats Craig Wakeford 2,847 3.99 −3.35
Greens Miguel Costello 2,760 3.87 −0.46
Christian Democrats Phillip Hayes 850 1.19 +1.19
Total formal votes 71,343 96.14 −0.32
Informal votes 2,863 3.86 +0.32
Turnout 74,206 96.14 +0.21
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Graham Edwards 38,208 53.56 +7.62
Liberal Richard Evans 33,135 46.44 −7.62
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.62
Australian federal election, 1996: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard Evans 35,083 46.44 −1.27
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 31,416 41.58 −2.57
Democrats Sue Coyne 5,734 7.59 +4.58
Greens Otto Dik 3,315 4.39 −0.17
Total formal votes 75,548 96.35 −1.16
Informal votes 2,864 3.65 +1.16
Turnout 78,412 95.93 −0.63
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Evans 39,385 52.39 +1.46
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 35,788 47.61 −1.46
Liberal hold Swing +1.46
Australian federal election, 1993: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard Evans 33,472 47.71 +4.99
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 30,982 44.16 +4.22
Greens Otto Dik 3,197 4.56 −1.35
Democrats Stewart Godden 2,113 3.01 −5.60
Natural Law Suzan Miles 398 0.57 +0.57
Total formal votes 70,162 97.51 +1.76
Informal votes 1,792 2.49 −1.76
Turnout 71,954 96.56
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Evans 35,719 50.93 +1.78
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 34,412 49.07 −1.78
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.78
Australian federal election, 1990: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Diane Airey 26,061 42.7 +1.7
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 24,368 39.9 −14.4
Democrats Sarah Gilfillan 5,256 8.6 +8.6
Greens Sally Ward 3,603 5.9 +5.9
Grey Power Barry Smith 785 1.3 +1.3
Independent Robert McLoughlin 414 0.7 +0.7
Democratic Socialist Deb Thomas 321 0.5 +0.5
Conservative Brian Guinan 206 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 61,014 95.7
Informal votes 2,706 4.3
Turnout 63,720 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 30,982 50.9 −4.6
Liberal Diane Airey 29,945 49.1 +4.6
Labor hold Swing −4.6

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 32,481 52.0 +0.8
Liberal Paul Filing 27,048 43.3 +0.3
National Neil Baker 2,973 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 62,502 93.6
Informal votes 4,240 6.4
Turnout 66,742 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 33,241 53.2 −0.8
Liberal Paul Filing 29,260 46.8 +0.8
Labor hold Swing −0.8
Australian federal election, 1984: Cowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 27,373 51.2 −4.1
Liberal Jeff Roberts 22,969 43.0 +3.6
Democrats Alan Needham 3,081 5.8 +0.6
Total formal votes 53,423 92.7
Informal votes 4,195 7.3
Turnout 57,618 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carolyn Jakobsen 28,849 54.0 −3.9
Liberal Jeff Roberts 24,574 46.0 +3.9
Labor hold Swing −3.9

References

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