Division of Bowman
Bowman Division | |
---|---|
Created | 1949 |
MP | Henry Pike |
Party | Liberal National |
Namesake | David Bowman |
Electors | 115,764 (2022) |
Area | 536 km2 (207.0 sq mi) |
Demographic | Outer metropolitan |
The Division of Bowman is an
Australian Electoral Division in Queensland
.
Geography
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]
History
The division was created in 1949 and is named for
Bay Islands (Russell, Karragarra, Macleay and Lamb) and the big tourist destination of North Stradbroke Island
.
It is generally a
residential electorate with some crops, poultry, various light industries and tourism
.
Bowman has traditionally been a highly marginal seat, regularly changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the
two party preferred vote at every election from 1954 to 2001 (except 1990). However, in the 2004 election, an energetic campaign by Dr Andrew Laming, and an electoral redistribution (due to the creation of the new Division of Bonner, leading veteran Bowman MP Con Sciacca to contest this new seat), saw Bowman returned to the Liberal Party by a significant margin (59.12% 2PP). The division was then considered by pollsters such as Antony Green to be a fairly safe Liberal seat.[citation needed
]
In the
Palmer United Party
candidate.
Members
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Henry Pike | 43,088 | 42.37 | −6.30 | |
Labor | Donisha Duff | 29,694 | 29.20 | +2.61 | |
Greens | Ian Mazlin | 13,241 | 13.02 | +1.03 | |
One Nation | Walter Todd | 7,825 | 7.69 | +0.39 | |
United Australia | Mary-Jane Stevens | 6,601 | 6.49 | +2.89 | |
TNL | Phil Johnson | 1,243 | 1.22 | +1.22 | |
Total formal votes | 101,692 | 97.09 | +0.49 | ||
Informal votes | 3,045 | 2.91 | −0.49 | ||
Turnout | 104,737 | 90.51 | −2.53 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Henry Pike | 56,447 | 55.51 | −4.73 | |
Labor | Donisha Duff | 45,245 | 44.49 | +4.73 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −4.73 |
References
- ^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Hurst, Brian: Time is running out in ALP in Bowman Archived 15 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Bayside Bulletin, 1 February 2010.
- ^ Bowman, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.