Profile of the electoral division of Cowan (WA)

State/Territory:

Western Australia

Date this name and boundary was gazetted:

19 January 2016

First election this name was used at:

1984 federal election

First election this boundary was used at:

2016 federal election

Map of Division:

• A4 map of the electoral division of Cowan (2016) [PDF 3MB]
• Detailed map of the electoral division of Cowan (2016) [PDF 24MB]
• Download WA GIS data (2016)

Name derivation:

Named in honour of Edith Dircksey Cowan OBE, 1861–1932. Cowan was the first woman elected to any Parliament in Australia, state or Commonwealth, when she was elected in 1921 as the Member for West Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.

Area:

180 sq km

Location description:

Cowan covers an area from Tapping and Wanneroo in the north to Kiara and Lockridge in the south. The division covers the City of Joondalup, the City of Wanneroo and the City of Swan. It includes the suburbs of Alexander Heights, Ashby, Ballajura, Beechboro, Bennett Springs, Cullacabardee, Darch, Girrawheen, Gnangara, Greenwood, Hocking, Jandabup, Kiara, Kingsley (part), Koondoola, Landsdale, Lockridge, Madeley, Malaga, Marangaroo, Pearsall, Sinagra, Tapping, Wangara, Wanneroo, Warwick and Whiteman.

Demographic rating:

Outer Metropolitan – situated in capital cities and containing large areas of recent suburban expansion.

Current member details:

Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website

Previous members:

Former members for an electoral division of this name can be found by searching 'Electorates' in the Parliamentary Handbook

AEC contact:

Cowan Divisional Office