Electoral District Of Lowan
The electoral district of Lowan is a rural Victorian Legislative Assembly (Lower House) electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Western Victoria Region of the Legislative Council. It was initially created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888, taking effect at the 1889 elections. It is the state’s biggest electorate by area, covering about 41,858 km².
Lowan includes the country towns of Casterton, Coleraine, Dartmoor, Dimboola, Hamilton, Horsham, Jeparit, Kaniva, Nhill and Rainbow. The current seat was established in 2002 although several previous seats held the same name.
The current member is The Nationals' Emma Kealy.
Members for Lowan
First incarnation (1889–1945) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Richard Baker | Unaligned | 1889–1894 | |
Sir William Irvine | Unaligned | 1894–1906 | |
Robert Stanley | Ministerialist | 1906–1911 | |
Comm Liberal | |||
James Menzies | Comm Liberal | 1911–1920 | |
Nationalist | |||
Marcus Wettenhall | Farmers Union | 1920–1935 | |
Country | |||
Hamilton Lamb | Country | 1935–1943 | |
Wilfred Mibus | Country | 1944–1945 | |
Second incarnation (1955–1992) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Wilfred Mibus | Liberal and Country | 1955–1964 | |
Jim McCabe | Liberal | 1964–1967 | |
Ray Buckley | Country | 1967–1970 | |
Jim McCabe | Liberal | 1970–1979 | |
Bill McGrath | National Country | 1979–1982 | |
The Nationals | 1982–1992 | ||
Third incarnation (2002–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Hugh Delahunty | The Nationals | 2002–2014 | |
Emma Kealy | The Nationals | 2014–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Emma Kealy | 25,482 | 59.0 | –0.7 | |
Labor | Mick Monaghan | 8,454 | 19.6 | −1.8 | |
Greens | Richard Lane | 2,575 | 6.0 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Amanda Mead | 2,384 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Angry Victorians | Richard Etherton | 1,710 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Family First | Robert Coleman | 1,573 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Animal Justice | Tamasin Ramsay | 1,019 | 2.4 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 43,240 | 94.3 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,622 | 5.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,862 | 89.7 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Emma Kealy | 30,941 | 71.6 | +0.5 | |
Labor | Mick Monaghan | 12,299 | 28.4 | −0.1 | |
National hold | Swing | +0.5 |
See also
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly