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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Cowan, Western Australia
Named for: Edith Cowan (1861-1932), WA MP 1921-24 (first woman MP in
Australia)
Northern Perth: Balcatta, Beechboro, Mirrabooka, Morley, Nollamara
State seats: Parts of
Balcatta,
Bassendean,
Landsdale,
Kingsley,
Morley,
West Swan
Local government areas: Parts of
Bayswater,
Joondalup,
Stirling,
Swan and
Wanneroo
Borders with:
Curtin,
Hasluck,
Moore, and
Pearce
Enrolment at 2022 election: 98,668
Enrolment at 2022 election: 121,726 (+23.4)
1999 republic referendum: No 57.1
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 58.8
Sitting member: Dr Anne Aly (Labor):
Elected 2016, 2019
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 1.7%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 6.3%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 7.5%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 0.7%
2019 Labor majority over Liberal: 0.9%
2022 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 0.9%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Very marginal Labor
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Lockridge (69.5), Mirrabooka East (67.3), Koondoola (67.1),
Beechboro (66.8), Mirrabooka Central (65.7)
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Dianella St Andrews (64.6), Stirling Central (63.4),
Dianella North (61.5), Dianella Heights (60.9), Balcatta Central (59.0)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Dr Anne Aly
Australian Labor Party |
2. Isabella Tripp
Australian Greens |
3. Sylvia Iradukunda
Australian Christians |
4. Michael Calautti
Federation Party |
5. Tyler Walsh
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
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6. Micah van Krieken
Liberal Democrats |
7. Roland Laverack
Western Australia Party |
8. Claire Hand
United Australia Party |
9. Vince Connelly
Liberal Party |
10. Michael Anagno
Animal Justice Party |
Candidate websites:
Dr Anne Aly
Michael Anagno
Michael Calautti
Vince Connelly
Claire Hand
Sylvie Iradukunda
Isabella Tripp
Micah van Krieken
Tyler Walsh
Division of Cowan
Cowan was created in 1984, occupying a block of Perth's rapidly expanding northern suburbs. It is a typical
mortgage belt seat, with among the highest proportion of dwellings being purchased of any electorate,
and a high proportion of families with dependent children. Like all the Perth seats, it also has a large
number of immigrants from the UK, and also a fairly large number from non English speaking countries.
Graham Edwards
, a former WA state minister who lost both legs in the Vietnam War, won Cowan in 1998, and held
it largely on his personal status. When he retired in 2007 the Liberal
Luke Simpkins, an Australian Army
officer for 14 years, and later a secrity consultant and a ministerial adviser, won the seat, despite the
swing to Labor elsewhere. He increased the Liberal majority in both 2010 and 2013.
The 2016 redistribution removed a block of Liberal suburbs around Kingsley and Woodvale, and replaced
it with solid Labor territory at Beechboro and Kiara, formerly in the seat of Perth. The result was to
reduce the Liberal margin from 7.5% to 4.5%. This was, enough, combined with the swing against the Liberals across
WA at the 2016 election, to enable Labor to eke out a narrow win.
Dr Anne Aly, Labor MP for Cowan since 2016, was born in Egypt and came to Australia as a child. She has a
PhD in politics from Edith Cowan University and was a Professorial Research fellow there before her election. She
is an expert on Islamic extremism and was prominent in media debate. In 2016 she was awarded an Australian Security
Medal for her work against terrorism. She is the first Muslim woman elected to the Australian Parliament.
The 2021 redistribution has moved Cowan to the west, removing the northern areas around Wanneroo and adding a block of
terrirory from the abolished seat of
Stirling, including Balcatta
and Mirrabooka. Cowan will certainly be a target seat for the Liberals in 2022. In December 2021 the Liberals
endorsed Vince Connelly, the Liberal member for Stirling, as
their candidate. The Greens candidate is Isabella Tripp, whose occupation is not stated.
All the state seats in Cowan
produced huge swings to Labor at the 2021 state election. This was
entirely due to state issues and should not be taken as an indicator that similar results
can be expected in WA at a federal election.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,620 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 11.9% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 56.8% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 28.0% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 23.5% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 28.0% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 15.4% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 25.4% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 28.2% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 50.9% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 19.6% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 42.1% (Australia 32.8%)
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