Division of Bowman

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The Division of Bowman is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and is named for David Bowman, an early leader of the Australian Labor Party, in Queensland. The seat is located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, and currently includes the suburbs of Capalaba, Cleveland, Redland Bay, Birkdale, Thorneside, Alexandra Hills, Thornlands, Mt Cotton, Cornubia, Ormiston, Wellington Point and Victoria Point. The division also incorporates various islands of Moreton Bay including Coochiemudlo the inhabited southern Bay Islands(Russell, Karragarra, Macleay and Lamb)as well as the big tourist destination of North Stradbroke.

Bowman has traditionally been a highly marginal seat, regularly changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party. However, in the 2004 Federal Election, an energetic campaign by Dr Andrew Laming, and an electoral redistribution (due to the creation of the new Division of Bonner), saw Bowman returned to the Liberal Party by a significant margin (59.12% two party preferred) and the division is now considered by pollsters such as Antony Green to be a fairly safe Liberal seat.

[edit] Statistics

Area: 573 km²

Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

Enrolment: 86,262

Products and Industry: Mostly residential with some crops, poultry, various light industries and tourism.

[edit] Members

Member	Party affiliation	Period
Malcolm McColm	Liberal	1949-1961
Jack Comber	ALP	1961-1963
Dr Wylie Gibbs	Liberal	1963-1969
Leonard Keogh	ALP	1969-1975
David Jull	Liberal	1975-1983
Leonard Keogh	ALP	1983-1987
Hon. Con Sciacca	ALP	1987-1996
Andrea West	Liberal	1996-1998
Hon. Con Sciacca	ALP	1998-2004
Andrew Laming	Liberal	2004-

[edit] Results 2004 Election

Registered Voters		87,034		Fairly Safe Liberal
Votes Cast		86,262		Turnout %	94.91	4.96
Informal Votes		4,063		Informal %	4.96	-0.18
Party		Candidate	Primary Votes	%	Swing%
	Australian Greens	Paula NADAS	3,729	4.79	+2.18
	Family First Party	Mal CAYLEY	3,126	4.02	+4.02
	Australian Democrats	Robert H BROMWICH	835	1.07	-3.62
	The Nationals	Joe Ross	3,125	4.02	+4.02
	Liberal Party of Australia	Andrew Laming	39,363	50.59	+3.19	Elected
	Australian Labor Party	Donna WEBSTER	27,631	35.51	-4.74
Two Candidate Preferred
	Liberal Party of Australia	Andrew Laming	46,004	59.12	+6.06	Elected
	Australian Labor Party	Donna WEBSTER	31,805	40.88	-6.06
Total			77809

Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland
Blair | Bonner | Bowman | Brisbane | Capricornia | Dawson | Dickson | Fadden | Fairfax | Fisher | Flynn | Forde | Griffith | Groom | Herbert | Hinkler | Kennedy | Leichhardt | Lilley | Longman | Maranoa | McPherson | Moncrieff | Moreton | Oxley | Petrie | Rankin | Ryan | Wide Bay