Electoral district of Lowan

Lowan Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Lowan (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Dates current	1889–1945 1955–1992 2002–present
MP	Emma Kealy
Party	The Nationals
Namesake	County of Lowan
Electors	51,182 (2022)
Area	41,858 km2 (16,161.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	37°S142°E / 37°S 142°E / -37; 142
Electorates around Lowan: South Australia Mildura Mildura South Australia Lowan Ripon South Australia South-West Coast Polwarth

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, ^[1] 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)
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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lowan

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lowan.[ edit ]

2022 Victorian state election: Lowan ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

External links

• Electorate profile: Lowan District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
2. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. Lowan District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
5. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

• "Re-Member". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 March 2014.