The Division of Cowan () is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.

Cowan is an inner-northern Perth seat lying generally between Morley Drive and Hepburn Avenue, extending from the Mitchell Freeway in the west to the Tonkin Highway and Lord Street in the east.

Cowan was once a marginal seat, but is now strongly held by the Australian Labor Party. The current MP is Anne Aly, and member of Labor and the first Muslim woman elected to federal parliament. She speaks Arabic and has previously worked in the Western Australia public service as a senior policy advisor.

In August 2021, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced that the Wanneroo suburbs of Ashby, Darch, Gnangara, Hocking, Jandabup, Landsdale, Madeley, Pearsall, Sinagra, Tapping, Wangara and Wanneroo, and the Swan suburbs of Cullacabardee and a small part of Ballajura, would be transferred from Cowan to the seat of Pearce, while the Swan suburbs of Bennett Springs and Whiteman would be transferred to the seat of Hasluck, and Cowan's portion of Kingsley would be transferred to the seat of Moore. Cowan would consequently gain the Stirling suburbs of Balcatta, Balga, Dianella, Hamersley, Mirrabooka, Nollamara, Stirling, Westminster and part of Osborne Park, along with the Bayswater suburbs of Noranda and part of Morley, from the abolished seat of Stirling. These boundary changes took place for the 2022 Australian federal election.

Cowan is bordered by Hepburn Avenue to the north, Tonkin Highway, Reid Highway, and Lord Street to the east, Morley Drive, Main Street, and Hutton Street to the south, and the Mitchell Freeway to the west. The division covers a large portion of the City of Stirling, parts of the City of Swan and the City of Wanneroo, and minor portions of the City of Bayswater and the City of Joondalup. It includes the suburbs of:

  • Alexander Heights
  • Balcatta
  • Balga
  • Ballajura (part)
  • Beechboro
  • Dianella
  • Girrawheen
  • Greenwood
  • Hamersley
  • Kiara
  • Koondoola
  • Lockridge
  • Malaga
  • Marangaroo
  • Mirrabooka
  • Morley (part)
  • Nollamara
  • Noranda
  • Osborne Park (part)
  • Stirling
  • Warwick
  • Westminster

Members

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| Carolyn Jakobsen<br />

| Labor

| nowrap | 1 December 1984 –<br />13 March 1993

| Lost seat

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| Richard Evans<br />

| Liberal

| nowrap | 13 March 1993 –<br />3 October 1998

| Lost seat

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| Graham Edwards<br />

| Labor

| nowrap | 3 October 1998 –<br />17 October 2007

| Previously a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Retired. Last veteran of the Vietnam War to serve in the House of Representatives

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| Luke Simpkins<br />

| Liberal

| nowrap | 24 November 2007 –<br />2 July 2016

| Lost seat

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| Anne Aly<br />

| Labor

| nowrap | 2 July 2016 –<br />present

| Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

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Election results

References

  • Division of Cowan - Australian Electoral Commission