Electoral district of Lowan
State electoral district of Victoria, Australia
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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 largest electorate by area, covering about 41,858 km².
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Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election | |||||||||||||||
| 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°S 142°E | ||||||||||||||
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Lowan includes the towns of Casterton, Coleraine, Dartmoor, Dimboola, Hamilton, Horsham, Jeparit, Kaniva, Nhill and Rainbow. The current district was established in 2002 although several previous districts held the same name.
The current member is Emma Kealy of The Nationals.
Members for Lowan
| First incarnation (1889–1945) | |||
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| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
