Electoral results for the Division of Fowler

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Fowler in Australian federal elections from the electorate's creation in 1984 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Ted Grace	Labor	1984–1998
	Julia Irwin		1998–2010
	Chris Hayes		2010–2022
	Dai Le	Independent	2022–2023
		Dai Le & Frank Carbone	2023–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Fowler.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kristina Keneally	30,973	36.06	−18.48
	Independent	Dai Le	25,346	29.51	+29.51
	Liberal	Courtney Nguyen	14,740	17.16	−12.89
	United Australia	Lela Panich	5,512	6.42	+2.09
	Greens	Avery Howard	4,191	4.88	−0.66
	One Nation	Tony Margos	3,047	3.55	+3.55
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Runge	2,094	2.44	+2.44
Total formal votes			85,903	89.48	+2.59
Informal votes			10,098	10.52	−2.59
Turnout			96,001	88.54	−1.50
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Kristina Keneally	47,864	55.72	–8.27
	Liberal	Courtney Nguyen	38,039	44.28	+8.27
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dai Le	44,348	51.63	+51.63
	Labor	Kristina Keneally	41,555	48.37	−15.62
	Independent gain from Labor

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Fowler.[edit]

2019 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hayes	45,627	54.54	−6.28
	Liberal	Wayne Blewitt	25,137	30.05	+4.32
	Christian Democrats	Francesca Mocanu	4,643	5.55	−0.10
	Greens	Seamus Lee	4,633	5.54	−0.67
	United Australia	Joshua Jabbour	3,624	4.33	+4.33
Total formal votes			83,664	86.89	−2.70
Informal votes			12,624	13.11	+2.70
Turnout			96,288	90.04	+0.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hayes	53,540	63.99	−3.50
	Liberal	Wayne Blewitt	30,124	36.01	+3.50
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.50

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Fowler.[edit]

2016 Australian federal election: Fowler

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	89.73	−3.01
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

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Fowler.[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hayes	47,772	60.76	+7.90
	Liberal	Andrew Nguyen	21,043	26.76	−10.18
	Christian Democrats	Matt Attia	3,559	4.53	+4.53
	Palmer United	Bradley Pastoors	2,722	3.46	+3.46
	Greens	Benjamin Silaphet	2,684	3.41	−3.28
	Katter's Australian	Darren McLean	848	1.08	+1.08
Total formal votes			78,628	86.07	−1.10
Informal votes			12,728	13.93	+1.10
Turnout			91,356	92.16	−0.13
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hayes	52,526	66.80	+8.04
	Liberal	Andrew Nguyen	26,102	33.20	−8.04
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.04

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Fowler.[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hayes	40,636	52.86	−15.06
	Liberal	Thomas Dang	28,402	36.94	+14.10
	Greens	Signe Westerberg	5,144	6.69	+0.73
	Socialist Equality	Mike Head	2,700	3.51	+3.51
Total formal votes			76,882	87.17	−4.35
Informal votes			11,314	12.83	+4.35
Turnout			88,196	92.29	−1.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hayes	45,178	58.76	−13.81
	Liberal	Thomas Dang	31,704	41.24	+13.81
	Labor hold		Swing	−13.81

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Irwin	50,180	64.25	+8.54
	Liberal	Rose Torossian	21,706	27.79	-5.07
	Greens	Vlaudin Vega	4,278	5.49	-0.10
	Christian Democrats	Paul Termeulen	1,932	2.47	+1.78
Total formal votes			78,107	92.33	+1.20
Informal votes			6,490	7.67	-1.20
Turnout			84,597	94.88	+0.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Irwin	53,306	68.25	+4.93
	Liberal	Rose Torossian	24,801	31.75	-4.93
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.93

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Irwin	44,141	62.78	+2.08
	Liberal	Philip Powrie	18,253	25.96	+7.92
	Greens	Pauline Tyrrell	5,164	7.34	+4.89
	Independent	Jose Nunez	1,594	2.27	+2.27
	Citizens Electoral Council	Hal Johnson	1,162	1.65	-1.56
Total formal votes			70,314	90.89	+3.64
Informal votes			7,048	9.11	-3.64
Turnout			77,362	93.34	-0.01
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Irwin	50,174	71.36	-0.13
	Liberal	Philip Powrie	20,140	28.64	+0.13
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.13

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Irwin	40,904	60.70	-1.61
	Liberal	Glenn Watson	12,154	18.04	+1.83
	Unity	Steve Chung	3,476	5.16	-5.81
	One Nation	Oscar Rosso	2,357	3.50	-3.70
	Citizens Electoral Council	Hal Johnson	2,166	3.21	+3.21
	Greens	Lee Grant	1,654	2.45	+2.35
	No GST	Robin Gaskell	1,395	2.07	+2.07
	Democrats	David Mendelssohn	1,320	1.96	-1.22
	Christian Democrats	Manny Poularas	1,110	1.65	+1.65
	Against Further Immigration	Max Brazenall	853	1.27	+1.27
Total formal votes			67,389	87.29	-6.92
Informal votes			9,816	12.71	+6.92
Turnout			77,205	93.74
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Irwin	48,174	71.50	-4.49
	Liberal	Glenn Watson	19,215	28.50	+4.49
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.49

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Irwin	49,472	61.69	+0.63
	Liberal	Lorna Dooner	13,705	17.09	-9.31
	Unity	Andrew Su	8,532	10.64	+10.64
	One Nation	Rodney Smith	5,886	7.34	+7.34
	Democrats	Mark Stevens	2,603	3.25	-4.12
Total formal votes			80,198	94.22	+2.29
Informal votes			4,920	5.78	-2.29
Turnout			85,118	93.93	-1.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Irwin	61,216	76.33	+8.06
	Liberal	Lorna Dooner	18,982	23.67	-8.06
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.06

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Grace	45,408	61.06	-7.75
	Liberal	Stephen Cenatiempo	19,630	26.40	+5.48
	Democrats	Mark Stevens	5,476	7.36	+7.36
	Against Further Immigration	Ken Malone	3,117	4.19	+4.19
	Natural Law	Lucia van Oostveen	738	0.99	-0.21
Total formal votes			74,369	91.93	-2.87
Informal votes			6,531	8.07	+2.87
Turnout			80,900	95.86	+0.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Grace	50,648	68.27	-3.73
	Liberal	Stephen Cenatiempo	23,544	31.73	+3.73
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.73

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Grace	47,794	68.81	+8.34
	Liberal	Gloria Arora	14,525	20.91	-3.73
	Independent	Mark Stevens	5,014	7.22	+7.22
		Greg Josling	1,295	1.86	+1.86
	Natural Law	Nicholas Hyde	832	1.20	+1.20
Total formal votes			69,460	94.80	+2.12
Informal votes			3,811	5.20	-2.12
Turnout			73,271	94.95
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Grace	49,979	72.00	+4.20
	Liberal	Gloria Arora	19,436	28.00	-4.20
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.20

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Grace	35,645	56.8	-2.1
	Liberal	Gloria Arora	17,424	27.8	-4.9
	Democrats	Jon Phillips	4,378	7.0	-1.4
	Independent	Rose-Mary Logozzo	3,077	4.9	+4.9
	Independent EFF	Pam Branch	1,235	2.0	+2.0
	Australian Gruen	Mirjana Ivetic-Elvy	1,026	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			62,785	93.2
Informal votes			4,593	6.8
Turnout			67,378	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Grace	40,244	64.2	+1.8
	Liberal	Gloria Arora	22,417	35.8	-1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Grace	33,563	58.9	-8.0
	Liberal	Jeff Fishlock	18,639	32.7	+5.6
	Democrats	Robert Neesam	4,809	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			57,011	90.0
Informal votes			6,367	10.0
Turnout			63,378	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Grace	35,582	62.4	-7.9
	Liberal	Jeff Fishlock	21,423	37.6	+7.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.9

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Fowler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Grace	34,075	66.9	+2.6
	Liberal	Ken Wills	13,781	27.1	-2.0
	Independent	David Bransdon	3,065	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			50,921	87.9
Informal votes			7,001	12.1
Turnout			57,922	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Grace	35,804	70.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Ken Wills	15,104	29.7	-3.3
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+3.3

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos