Division of Fowler

Fowler
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fowler in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election
Created1984
MPDai Le
PartyDai Le & Frank Carbone Network
NamesakeLilian Fowler
Electors108,517 (2022)
Area69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

The Division of Fowler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

Fowler is based in Sydney's outer southwestern suburbs of Liverpool, Warwick Farm, Chipping Norton, Cabramatta, Canley Vale, Mount Pritchard, Abbotsbury, Bossley Park, Edensor Park, Greenfield Park, Prairiewood, St Johns Park, Wakeley, Bonnyrigg, Canley Heights, Carramar and Fairfield East.[1]

Fowler is a diverse electorate, containing immigrant communities of Vietnamese and Chinese ancestry. According to the 2016 census, only 40% of electors were born in Australia, while 15.2% were born in Vietnam.[2] At the time of the 2022 Australian federal election, 16% of Fowler's population possessed Vietnamese ancestry, and 11% possessed Chinese heritage.[3]

The current MP is Dai Le, who was elected as an independent in 2022. She is the first non-Labor politician to represent Fowler. Le has strong links to the Vietnamese community in Fowler; she was born in Vietnam and migrated to Australia as an eleven year old after three years in a Philippines refugee camp.[4]

  1. ^ "Fowler - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ "2016 Fowler, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ^ Fang, Jason; Xing, Dong; Handley, Erin. "Chinese-Australian voters helped sway the election result. So what issues mattered most to them?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Fowler - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

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