Electoral results for the Division of Bowman

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Bowman in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members[]

	Party	Term
Malcolm McColm	Liberal	1949–1961
Jack Comber	Labor	1961–1963
Wylie Gibbs	Liberal	1963–1969
Len Keogh	Labor	1969–1975
David Jull	Liberal	1975–1983
Len Keogh	Labor	1983–1987
Con Sciacca	Labor	1987–1996
Andrea West	Liberal	1996–1998
Con Sciacca	Labor	1998–2004
Andrew Laming	Liberal	2004–2010
Andrew Laming	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

2019[]

2019 Australian federal election: Bowman^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Andrew Laming	47,866	48.67	−1.10
	Labor	Tom Baster	26,147	26.59	−5.46
	Greens	Emerald Moon	11,795	11.99	+2.23
	One Nation	Glen Wadsworth	7,175	7.30	+7.30
	United Australia	Shane Clarke	3,540	3.60	+3.60
	Conservative National	David Anderson	1,816	1.85	+1.85
Total formal votes			98,339	96.60	+0.41
Informal votes			3,465	3.40	−0.41
Turnout			101,804	93.04	+0.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Andrew Laming	59,237	60.24	+3.17
	Labor	Tom Baster	39,102	39.76	−3.17
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+3.17

2016[]

2016 Australian federal election: Bowman^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Andrew Laming	45,946	49.77	+0.49
	Labor	Kim Richards	29,592	32.05	+2.17
	Greens	Brad Scott	9,012	9.76	+3.78
	Family First	Brett Saunders	4,459	4.83	+2.68
	Liberty Alliance	Tony Duncan	3,316	3.59	+3.59
Total formal votes			92,325	96.19	+0.70
Informal votes			3,654	3.81	−0.70
Turnout			95,979	92.78	−2.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Andrew Laming	52,690	57.07	−1.79
	Labor	Kim Richards	39,635	42.93	+1.79
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−1.79

2013[]

2013 Australian federal election: Bowman^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Andrew Laming	42,828	49.28	−6.35
	Labor	Darryl Briskey	25,967	29.88	−0.29
	Palmer United	John Wayne	11,049	12.71	+12.71
	Greens	Penny Allman-Payne	5,198	5.98	−3.99
	Family First	Andrew O'Shea	1,868	2.15	−0.09
Total formal votes			86,910	95.49	+0.88
Informal votes			4,102	4.51	−0.88
Turnout			91,012	94.93	+0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Andrew Laming	51,155	58.86	−1.53
	Labor	Darryl Briskey	35,755	41.14	+1.53
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−1.53

2010[]

2010 Australian federal election: Bowman^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Andrew Laming	45,585	55.63	+9.51
	Labor	Jenny Peters	24,719	30.17	-13.97
	Greens	David Keogh	8,174	9.97	+4.51
	Family First	Karina Windolf	1,834	2.24	-0.70
	One Nation	Dave Chidgey	865	1.06	+0.53
	Democratic Labor	John Kent	768	0.94	+0.94
Total formal votes			81,945	94.61	-2.01
Informal votes			4,672	5.39	+2.01
Turnout			86,617	94.26	-0.98
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Andrew Laming	49,490	60.39	+10.39
	Labor	Jenny Peters	32,455	39.61	-10.39
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+10.39

Elections in the 2000s[]

2007[]

2007 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Laming	37,886	46.16	−4.27
	Labor	Jason Young	36,207	44.11	+8.37
	Greens	Brad Scott	4,475	5.45	+0.67
	Family First	Alan Lucas	2,405	2.93	−1.03
	Democrats	Paul Holland	676	0.82	−0.25
	One Nation	Dave Chidgey	433	0.53	+0.53
Total formal votes			82,082	96.62	+1.56
Informal votes			2,873	3.38	−1.56
Turnout			84,955	95.48	+0.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Laming	41,073	50.04	−8.86
	Labor	Jason Young	41,009	49.96	+8.86
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.86

2004[]

2004 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Laming	39,363	50.59	+7.53
	Labor	Donna Webster	27,631	35.51	−8.93
	Greens	Paula Nadas	3,729	4.79	+2.18
	Family First	Mal Cayley	3,126	4.02	+4.02
	National	Joe Ross	3,125	4.02	+4.02
	Democrats	Robert H Bromwich	835	1.07	−3.62
Total formal votes			77,809	95.04	+0.18
Informal votes			4,063	4.96	−0.18
Turnout			81,872	94.51	−0.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Laming	46,004	59.12	+10.54
	Labor	Donna Webster	31,805	40.88	−10.54
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.54

2001[]

2001 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Con Sciacca	35,213	44.44	+0.61
	Liberal	Andrew Laming	34,121	43.06	+5.52
	Democrats	Chad Smith	3,873	4.89	−0.52
	One Nation	Barry Myatt	3,862	4.87	−6.19
	Greens	Fay Smith	2,164	2.73	+0.57
Total formal votes			79,233	95.25	−2.12
Informal votes			3,954	4.75	+2.12
Turnout			83,187	96.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Con Sciacca	40,742	51.42	−1.87
	Liberal	Andrew Laming	38,491	48.58	+1.87
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.87

Elections in the 1990s[]

1998[]

1998 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Con Sciacca	32,606	43.83	+1.70
	Liberal	Andrea West	27,927	37.54	−8.98
	One Nation	Barry Myatt	8,227	11.06	+11.06
	Democrats	Jenny van Rooyen	4,021	5.41	−2.97
	Greens	Deeane Moorhead	1,606	2.16	−0.34
Total formal votes			74,387	97.36	−0.45
Informal votes			2,015	2.64	+0.45
Turnout			76,402	95.02	−0.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Con Sciacca	39,642	53.29	+4.18
	Liberal	Andrea West	34,746	46.71	−4.18
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.18

1996[]

1996 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrea West	33,088	46.53	+12.17
	Labor	Con Sciacca	29,964	42.13	−9.35
	Democrats	Jenny van Rooyen	5,954	8.37	+4.50
	Greens	Tony Krajniw	1,780	2.50	−1.34
	Indigenous Peoples	Selina Reilly	331	0.47	+0.47
Total formal votes			71,117	97.82	+0.37
Informal votes			1,587	2.18	−0.37
Turnout			72,704	95.52	−0.74
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrea West	36,104	50.89	+9.03
	Labor	Con Sciacca	34,836	49.11	−9.03
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.03

1993[]

1993 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Con Sciacca	35,927	50.84	+4.18
	Liberal	Debra Wardle	24,700	34.95	+4.28
	National	Nigel Marsh	3,009	4.26	−1.98
	Democrats	Murray Henman	2,714	3.84	−12.60
	Greens	Frank Bickle	2,674	3.78	+3.78
	Independent	Richard May	574	0.81	+0.81
	Confederate Action	Kevin Hendstock	551	0.78	+0.78
	Independent	Mark McLaren	301	0.43	+0.43
		Bill Wheeler	214	0.30	+0.30
Total formal votes			70,664	97.41	−0.32
Informal votes			1,878	2.59	+0.32
Turnout			72,542	96.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Con Sciacca	40,554	57.42	−0.61
	Liberal	Debra Wardle	30,067	42.58	+0.61
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.61

1990[]

1990 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Con Sciacca	34,925	46.3	−2.0
	Liberal	Peter Trounce	23,571	31.3	+8.3
	Democrats	Phillip Grattan	12,207	16.2	+7.2
	National	Stan Brimson	4,697	6.2	−11.9
Total formal votes			75,400	97.7
Informal votes			1,773	2.3
Turnout			77,173	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Con Sciacca	43,275	57.5	+2.5
	Liberal	Peter Trounce	31,950	42.5	−2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1980s[]

1987[]

1987 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Con Sciacca	31,223	48.3	−3.3
	Liberal	Andrew Crowe	14,866	23.0	+1.0
	National	Bill Barry-Cotter	11,696	18.1	−2.0
	Democrats	Diana Taylor	5,800	9.0	+2.5
	Independent	Barry Cullen	1,123	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			64,708	96.3
Informal votes			2,482	3.7
Turnout			67,190	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Con Sciacca	35,609	55.0	−0.3
	Liberal	Andrew Crowe	29,085	45.0	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.3

1984[]

1984 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Keogh	29,312	51.6	−1.6
	Liberal	Leo White	12,378	21.8	−15.0
	National	Noel Willersdorf	11,443	20.1	+14.1
	Democrats	Ronald Heindorff	3,691	6.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			56,824	95.3
Informal votes			2,826	4.7
Turnout			59,650	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Len Keogh	31,444	55.3	−0.4
	Liberal	Leo White	25,380	44.7	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.4

1983[]

1983 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Keogh	37,666	49.7	+3.8
	Liberal	David Jull	30,522	40.3	−8.5
	National	Craig Brown	4,579	6.0	+6.0
	Democrats	Ronald Heindorff	3,040	4.0	−1.3
Total formal votes			75,807	98.8
Informal votes			945	1.2
Turnout			76,752	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Len Keogh		52.2	+3.4
	Liberal	David Jull		47.8	−3.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.4

1980[]

1980 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	33,695	48.8	−1.2
	Labor	Len Keogh	31,722	45.9	+6.2
	Democrats	Thomas Martin	3,648	5.3	−3.3
Total formal votes			69,065	98.6
Informal votes			978	1.4
Turnout			70,043	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	35,351	51.2	−5.1
	Labor	Len Keogh	33,714	48.8	+5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.1

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977[]

1977 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	31,544	50.0	+3.0
	Labor	Len Keogh	25,078	39.7	−2.3
	Democrats	Bryan Grehan	5,452	8.6	+8.6
	Progress	Martin Gant	1,018	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			63,092	98.6
Informal votes			875	1.4
Turnout			63,967	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull		56.3	−1.0
	Labor	Len Keogh		43.7	+1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.0

1975[]

1975 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	36,458	46.8	+5.8
	Labor	Len Keogh	32,825	42.2	−7.6
	National Country	James Dean	7,535	9.7	+1.6
	Workers	Donald Wright	1,046	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			77,864	98.7
Informal votes			1,009	1.3
Turnout			78,873	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	44,438	57.1	+8.4
	Labor	Len Keogh	33,426	42.9	−8.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.4

1974[]

1974 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Keogh	36,947	49.8	−5.4
	Liberal	David Jull	30,382	41.0	+1.7
	Country	Gerry Langevad	5,998	8.1	+8.1
	Australia	Winifred Sharkey	797	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			74,124	98.6
Informal votes			1,086	1.4
Turnout			75,210	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Len Keogh		51.3	−5.0
	Liberal	David Jull		48.7	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.0

1972[]

1972 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Keogh	35,113	55.2	+4.1
	Liberal	Kerry Chiconi	24,964	39.3	−2.8
	Democratic Labor	Denis Cochran	3,508	5.5	+0.6
Total formal votes			63,585	98.4
Informal votes			1,040	1.6
Turnout			64,625	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Len Keogh		56.3	+3.8
	Liberal	Kerry Chiconi		43.7	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969[]

1969 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Keogh	28,143	51.1	+7.1
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	23,167	42.1	−7.1
	Democratic Labor	Noel Tennison	2,713	4.9	−1.9
	Independent	Harold Asmith	1,002	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			55,025	98.6
Informal votes			784	1.4
Turnout			55,809	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Len Keogh		52.5	+7.1
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs		47.5	−7.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.1

1966[]

1966 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	25,921	51.3	+5.5
	Labor	Jack Comber	21,152	41.9	−5.8
	Democratic Labor	Paul Tucker	3,458	6.8	+0.3
Total formal votes			50,531	98.5
Informal votes			767	1.5
Turnout			51,298	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs		56.7	+5.3
	Labor	Jack Comber		43.3	−5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.3

1963[]

1963 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Comber	22,533	47.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	21,618	45.8	+2.4
	Democratic Labor	Harry Wright	3,052	6.5	−3.0
Total formal votes			47,203	98.0
Informal votes			979	2.0
Turnout			48,182	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	24,280	51.4	+3.3
	Labor	Jack Comber	22,923	48.6	−3.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.3

1961[]

1961 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Comber	21,393	47.1	+8.5
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm	19,706	43.4	−5.5
	Queensland Labor	Terence Burns	4,327	9.5	−2.3
Total formal votes			45,426	97.4
Informal votes			1,202	2.6
Turnout			46,628	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Comber	23,594	51.9	+8.0
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm	21,832	48.1	−8.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.0

Elections in the 1950s[]

1958[]

1958 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm	20,770	48.9	−5.8
	Labor	Hector Chalmers	16,398	38.6	−6.7
	Queensland Labor	Terence Burns	5,002	11.8	+11.8
	Australian Nationalist	Noel Condie	331	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			42,501	97.2
Informal votes			1,244	2.8
Turnout			43,745	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm	23,841	56.1	−1.4
	Labor	Hector Chalmers	18,660	43.9	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4

1955[]

1955 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm	22,500	54.7	+0.7
	Labor	Hector Chalmers	18,646	45.3	+1.1
Total formal votes			41,146	97.8
Informal votes			935	2.2
Turnout			42,081	95.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1

1954[]

1954 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm	22,839	53.3	−0.8
	Labor	Jack Houston	18,980	44.3	+2.3
	Communist	Mabel Hanson	1,069	2.5	−1.4
Total formal votes			42,888	98.9
Informal votes			479	1.1
Turnout			43,367	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm		53.4	−2.2
	Labor	Jack Houston		46.6	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.2

1951[]

1951 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm	21,410	54.1	+0.7
	Labor	Michael Lyons	16,637	42.0	−2.9
	Communist	Mabel Hanson	1,552	3.9	+2.2
Total formal votes			39,599	97.8
Informal votes			907	2.2
Turnout			40,506	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm		55.6	+1.8
	Labor	Michael Lyons		44.4	−1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1940s[]

1949[]

1949 Australian federal election: Bowman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm	20,090	53.4	+6.1
	Labor	Wilfred Coutts	16,886	44.9	−7.8
	Communist	Mabel Hanson	656	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			37,632	97.7
Informal votes			877	2.3
Turnout			38,509	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm McColm		53.8	+6.5
	Labor	Wilfred Coutts		46.2	−6.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	−1.4

References[]

^ Bowman, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
^ Bowman, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
^ 2013 results for Bowman, AEC.
^ "2010 results for Bowman". AEC.

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
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[1] Bowman, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

[2] Bowman, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

[3] 2013 results for Bowman, AEC.

[4] "2010 results for Bowman". AEC.

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