Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]
Except for one brief break, the seat has been held by the National Party (previously known as the Country Party) and its predecessors since 1919.[2] Its most prominent member has been Sir Earle Page, former leader of the Country Party and interim Prime Minister of Australia in 1939. He represented Cowper from 1919 to 1961, longer than any other MP who represented one seat for his entire career. It has usually been a fairly safe National Party seat, and became more so when its more urbanised area (including Page's hometown of Grafton) was shifted to the newly created Division of Page in 1984.
In February 2016, New South Wales federal electoral districts were redistributed. The northern parts of Cowper, from Sapphire Beach to Red Rock were shifted to the division of Page. Since the 2019 election, the member for Cowper has been Pat Conaghan, representing the National Party of Australia.
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The Division of Cowper is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales CowperAustralian House of Representatives DivisionDivision of Cowper in New South Wales as of the 2016 federal election Created1901MPPat ConaghanPartyNationalsNamesakeSir Charles CowperElectors129 887 2022 Area7 296 km2 2 817 0 sq mi DemographicRural Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 5 ReferencesGeography EditSince 1984 federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state and they occur every seven years or sooner if a state s representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned 1 History Edit Sir Charles Cowper the division s namesake The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election It is named after Sir Charles Cowper an early Premier of New South Wales 2 Except for one brief break the seat has been held by the National Party previously known as the Country Party and its predecessors since 1919 2 Its most prominent member has been Sir Earle Page former leader of the Country Party and interim Prime Minister of Australia in 1939 He represented Cowper from 1919 to 1961 longer than any other MP who represented one seat for his entire career It has usually been a fairly safe National Party seat and became more so when its more urbanised area including Page s hometown of Grafton was shifted to the newly created Division of Page in 1984 The division is located on the north coast of New South Wales and on its current boundaries takes in the towns of Coffs Harbour Port Macquarie Kempsey Macksville and Nambucca Heads In February 2016 New South Wales federal electoral districts were redistributed The northern parts of Cowper from Sapphire Beach to Red Rock were shifted to the division of Page Since the 2019 election the member for Cowper has been Pat Conaghan representing the National Party of Australia Members EditImage Member Party Term Notes Francis Clarke 1857 1939 Protectionist 30 March 1901 16 December 1903 Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Hastings and Macleay Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Deakin Lost seat Henry Lee 1856 1927 Free Trade 16 December 1903 1906 Lost seat Anti Socialist 1906 12 December 1906 John Thomson 1862 1934 Protectionist 12 December 1906 26 May 1909 Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Manning Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Hughes Lost seat Commonwealth Liberal 26 May 1909 17 February 1917 Nationalist 17 February 1917 13 December 1919 Sir Earle Page 1880 1961 Farmers and Settlers Association 13 December 1919 22 January 1920 Served as minister under Bruce Lyons Menzies and Fadden Served as Prime Minister in 1939 Lost seat Country 22 January 1920 9 December 1961 Frank McGuren 1909 1990 Labor 9 December 1961 30 November 1963 Lost seat Ian Robinson 1925 2017 Country 30 November 1963 2 May 1975 Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Casino Transferred to the Division of Page National Country 2 May 1975 16 October 1982 Nationals 16 October 1982 1 December 1984 Garry Nehl 1934 Nationals 1 December 1984 8 October 2001 Retired Luke Hartsuyker 1959 Nationals 10 November 2001 11 April 2019 Served as minister under Turnbull Retired Pat Conaghan 1971 Nationals 18 May 2019 present IncumbentElection results EditMain article Electoral results for the Division of Cowper This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales Cowper edit 2022 Australian federal election Cowper 3 Party Candidate Votes National Pat Conaghan 43 909 39 47 7 60Independent Caz Heise 29 206 26 26 26 26Labor Keith McMullen 15 566 13 99 0 20One Nation Faye Aspiotis 9 047 8 13 8 13Greens Timothy Nott 6 518 5 86 0 08Liberal Democrats Simon Chaseling 4 316 3 88 3 88United Australia Joshua Fairhall 2 674 2 40 0 62Total formal votes 111 236 95 07 2 85Informal votes 5 770 4 93 2 85Turnout 117 006 90 22 1 81Notional two party preferred countNational Pat Conaghan 66 153 59 47 2 41Labor Keith McMullen 45 083 40 53 2 41Two candidate preferred resultNational Pat Conaghan 58 204 52 32 4 47Independent Caz Heise 53 032 47 68 4 47National hold References Edit Muller Damon 14 November 2017 The process of federal redistributions a quick guide Parliament of Australia Retrieved 19 April 2022 a b Profile of the Electoral Division of Cowper Australian Electoral Commission retrieved 9 May 2012 Cowper NSW 2022 Tally Room Australian Electoral Commission Coordinates 30 23 02 S 152 52 12 E 30 384 S 152 870 E 30 384 152 870 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Division of Cowper amp oldid 1088955511, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,