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Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Cowper, New South Wales
The Division of Cowper was created in 1901. It is named for Hon Sir Charles Cowper
(1807-75), NSW MP 1843-50, 1851-67, 1869-70, Premier 1856, 1857-59, 1861-63, 1865-66, 1870. He pronounced his name Cooper, but the Division has always been pronouned Cow-per.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Bellingen, Grafton, Kempsey, Taree
1906: Bellingen, Grafton, Kempsey, Wingham
1913: Bellingen, Grafton, Kempsey, Woolgoolga
1922: Grafton, Kempsey, Macksville, Taree
1934: Grafton, Kempsey, Macksville, Taree
1949: Casino, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Kyogle
1955: Casino, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Macksville
1969: Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Kempsey, Macksville
1977: Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Kempsey, Port Macquarie
1984: Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Wauchope
1993: Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Macksville, Nambucca Heads
2001: Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Macksville, Nambucca Heads
2007: Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Macksville, Nambucca Heads
2010: Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Macksville, Nambucca Heads
2016: Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Nambucca Heads, Port Macquarie
2025: Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Nambucca Heads, Port Macquarie
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist 02.4*
1903: Free Trade 13.0*
1906: Protectionist 00.9*
1910: Liberal 19.5
1913: Liberal 22.2
1914: Liberal unopposed
1917: Nationalist unopposed
1919: Country Party 21.6
1922: Country Party 17.3
1925: Country Party 20.0
1928: Country Party 26.8
1929: Country Party unopposed
1931: Country Party 25.3
1934: Country Party 20.4
1937: Country Party 13.2
1940: Country Party 14.9
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1943: Country Party 02.6
1946: Country Party 09.5
1949: Country Party 11.7
1951: Country Party 12.0
1954: Country Party 08.9
1955: Country Party unopposed
1958: Country Party 11.1
1961: Labor 01.8
1963: Country Party 03.0
1966: Country Party 14.2
1969: Country Party 15.5
1972: Country Party 02.5
1974: Country Party 06.6
1975: Nationals 14.3
1977: Nationals 13.9
1980: Nationals 06.5
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1983: Nationals 02.1
1984: Nationals 04.1
1987: Nationals 09.1
1990: Nationals 07.4
1993: Nationals 04.1
1996: Nationals 11.6
1998: Nationals 06.4
2001: Nationals 04.7
2004: Nationals 06.4
2007: Nationals 01.2
2010: Nationals 09.3
2013: Nationals 11.7
2016: Nationals 04.6**
2019: Nationals 06.8**
2022: Nationals 02.3**
2025: Nationals 02.5**
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*Contests between Protectionists and Free Traders
** Majorities over independents
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Cowper at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR COWPER
Francis Clarke (Prot) 1901-03
Henry Lee (FT, AS) 1903-06
John Thomson (Prot, Lib, Nat) 1906-19
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page (F&S, CP) 1919-61
Frank McGuren (ALP) 1961-63
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Hon Ian Robinson (CP, NCP, NPA) 1963-84
Garry Nehl (NPA) 1984-2001
Hon Luke Hartsuyker (Nat) 2001-19
Patrick Conaghan (Nat) 2019-
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| Francis Clarke (Prot) 1901-03 |
Henry Lee (FT, AS) 1903-06 |
John Thomson (Prot, Lib, Nat) 1906-19 |
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| Rt Hon Sir Earle Page (F&S, CP) 1919-61 |
Frank McGuren (ALP) 1961-63 |
Hon Ian Robinson (CP, NCP, NPA) 1963-84 |
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| Garry Nehl (NPA) 1984-2001 |
Hon Luke Hartsuyker (Nat) 2001-19 |
Patrick Conaghan (Nat) 2019- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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