Division of Fowler

Fowler Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fowler in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Chris Hayes
Party	Labor
Namesake	Lilian Fowler
Electors	105,483 (2016)
Area	69 km² (26.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Fowler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1984 and is named after Lilian Fowler, the first female mayor in Australia.

The Member for Fowler, since the 2010 federal election, is Chris Hayes, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Members

Australian federal election, 2016: Fowler^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Chris Hayes	51,559	60.82	+3.80
	Liberal	Adam Farhan	21,812	25.73	−5.77
	Greens	Bill Cashman	5,264	6.21	+2.86
	Christian Democrats	Craig Hall	4,792	5.65	+1.86
	Smokers Rights	Joaquim de Lima	1,343	1.58	+1.58
Total formal votes			84,770	89.59	+3.14
Informal votes			9,850	10.41	−3.14
Turnout			94,620	89.70	−3.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hayes	57,209	67.49	+4.60
	Liberal	Adam Farhan	27,561	32.51	−4.60
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.60

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

Banks Barton Bennelong Berowra Blaxland Bradfield Calare Chifley Cook Cowper Cunningham Dobell Eden-Monaro Farrer Fowler Gilmore Grayndler Greenway Hughes Hume Hunter Kingsford Smith Lindsay Lyne Macarthur Mackellar Macquarie McMahon Mitchell New England Newcastle North Sydney Page Parkes Parramatta Paterson Reid Richmond Riverina Robertson Shortland Sydney Warringah Watson Wentworth Werriwa Whitlam Abolished: Barrier Bland Canobolas Charlton Cook (1906–55) Dalley Darling Dundas East Sydney Evans Gwydir Illawarra Lang Lawson Lowe Martin Nepean Parkes (1901–69) Phillip Prospect Riverina-Darling St George South Sydney Throsby Watson (1934–69) West Sydney

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

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