Bowman — Australian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bowman was won by Andrew Laming (Liberal National (Qld)) at the 2019 federal election, with a margin of 20,135 votes over Tom Baster after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Bowman from 1949 to 2019.

Australia uses instant-runoff (preferential) voting: voters rank candidates in order of preference, and if no one has a majority of first-preference votes, the lowest-placed candidate is eliminated and their votes redistributed to voters' next preference, repeating until one candidate has a majority. The "Winner" and "Margin" below reflect the final result after preferences (equivalent to the AEC's own two-candidate-preferred figure) — not simply whoever led on first preferences, which can occasionally be a different candidate.

Full Election History (After Preferences), 1949–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Final Votes	Final Share	Runner-up	Margin
1949	Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	20,090	54.3%	Wilfred Coutts (Labor)	3,204 (8.7 pts)
1951	Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	21,410	56.3%	Michael Lyons (Labor)	4,773 (12.5 pts)
1954	Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	22,839	54.6%	Jack Houston (Labor)	3,859 (9.2 pts)
1955	Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	22,500	54.7%	Hector Chalmers (Labor)	3,854 (9.4 pts)
1958	Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	23,841	56.1%	Hector Chalmers (Labor)	5,181 (12.2 pts)
1961	Jack Comber	Labor	23,594	51.9%	Malcolm Mccolm (Liberal)	1,762 (3.9 pts)
1963	Wylie Gibbs	Liberal	24,280	51.4%	Jack Comber (Labor)	1,357 (2.9 pts)
1966	Wylie Gibbs	Liberal	25,921	55.1%	Jack Comber (Labor)	4,769 (10.1 pts)
1969	Leonard Keogh	Labor	28,143	54.8%	Wylie Gibbs (Liberal)	4,976 (9.7 pts)
1972	Leonard Keogh	Labor	35,113	58.4%	Kerry Chiconi (Liberal)	10,149 (16.9 pts)
1974	Leonard Keogh	Labor	37,429	55.1%	David Jull (Liberal)	6,886 (10.1 pts)
1975	David Jull	Liberal	44,438	57.1%	Leonard Keogh (Labor)	11,012 (14.1 pts)
1977	David Jull	Liberal	31,816	55.8%	Leonard Keogh (Labor)	6,648 (11.7 pts)
1980	David Jull	Liberal	35,351	51.2%	Leonard Keogh (Labor)	1,637 (2.4 pts)
1983	Leonard Keogh	Labor	39,142	55.2%	David Jull (Liberal)	7,438 (10.5 pts)
1984	Leonard Keogh	Labor	31,444	55.3%	Leo White (Liberal)	6,064 (10.7 pts)
1987	Con Sciacca	Labor	35,609	55.0%	Andrew Crowe (Liberal)	6,524 (10.1 pts)
1990	Con Sciacca	Labor	43,275	57.5%	Peter Trounce (Liberal)	11,325 (15.1 pts)
1993	Con Sciacca	Labor	40,554	57.4%	Debra Wardle (Liberal)	10,487 (14.8 pts)
1996	Andrea West	Liberal	36,104	50.9%	Con Sciacca (Labor)	1,268 (1.8 pts)
1998	Con Sciacca	Labor	39,641	53.3%	Andrea West (Liberal)	4,895 (6.6 pts)
2001	Con Sciacca	Labor	40,742	51.4%	Andrew Laming (Liberal)	2,251 (2.8 pts)
2004	Andrew Laming	Liberal	46,004	59.1%	Donna Webster (Labor)	14,199 (18.2 pts)
2007	Andrew Laming	Liberal	41,073	50.0%	Jason Young (Labor)	64 (0.1 pts)
2013	Andrew Laming	Liberal National (Qld)	51,155	58.9%	Darryl Briskey (Labor)	15,400 (17.7 pts)
2016	Andrew Laming	Liberal National (Qld)	52,690	57.1%	Kim Richards (Labor)	13,055 (14.1 pts)
2019	Andrew Laming	Liberal National (Qld)	59,237	60.2%	Tom Baster (Labor)	20,135 (20.5 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

Every candidate's first-preference votes, before any preference redistribution.

1949

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	20,090	53.4%
Wilfred Coutts	Labor	16,886	44.9%
Mabel Hanson	Communist Party of Australia	656	1.7%

1951

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	21,410	54.1%
Michael Lyons	Labor	16,637	42.0%
Mabel Hanson	Communist Party of Australia	1,552	3.9%

1954

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	22,839	53.3%
Jack Houston	Labor	18,980	44.3%
Mabel Hanson	Communist Party of Australia	1,069	2.5%

1955

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	22,500	54.7%
Hector Chalmers	Labor	18,646	45.3%

1958

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	20,770	48.9%
Hector Chalmers	Labor	16,398	38.6%
Terence Burns	Queensland Labor Party	5,002	11.8%
Noel Condie	Independent	331	0.8%

1961

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jack Comber	Labor	21,393	47.1%
Malcolm Mccolm	Liberal	19,706	43.4%
Terence Burns	Queensland Labor Party	4,327	9.5%

1963

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Jack Comber	Labor	22,533	47.7%
Wylie Gibbs	Liberal	21,618	45.8%
Harold Wright	Democratic Labor Party	3,052	6.5%

1966

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Wylie Gibbs	Liberal	25,921	51.3%
Jack Comber	Labor	21,152	41.9%
Paul Tucker	Democratic Labor Party	3,458	6.8%

1969

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Leonard Keogh	Labor	28,143	51.1%
Wylie Gibbs	Liberal	23,167	42.1%
Noel Tennison	Democratic Labor Party	2,713	4.9%
Harold Asmith	Independent	1,002	1.8%

1972

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Leonard Keogh	Labor	35,113	55.2%
Kerry Chiconi	Liberal	24,964	39.3%
Denis Cochran	Democratic Labor Party	3,508	5.5%

1974

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Leonard Keogh	Labor	36,947	49.8%
David Jull	Liberal	30,382	41.0%
Gerard Langevad	Country Party	5,998	8.1%
Winifred Sharkey	AP	797	1.1%

1975

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Jull	Liberal	36,458	46.8%
Leonard Keogh	Labor	32,825	42.2%
James Dean	National Country Party	7,535	9.7%
Donald Wright	Independent	1,046	1.3%

1977

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Jull	Liberal	31,544	50.0%
Leonard Keogh	Labor	25,078	39.7%
Bryan Grehan	Australian Democrats	5,452	8.6%
Martin Gant	Independent	1,018	1.6%

1980

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
David Jull	Liberal	33,695	48.8%
Leonard Keogh	Labor	31,722	45.9%
Thomas Martin	Australian Democrats	3,648	5.3%

1983

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Leonard Keogh	Labor	37,666	49.7%
David Jull	Liberal	30,522	40.3%
Craig Brown	National	4,579	6.0%
Ronald Heindorff	Australian Democrats	3,040	4.0%

1984

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Leonard Keogh	Labor	29,312	51.6%
Leo White	Liberal	12,378	21.8%
Noel Willersdorf	National	11,443	20.1%
Ronald Heindorff	Australian Democrats	3,691	6.5%

1987

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Con Sciacca	Labor	31,223	48.3%
Andrew Crowe	Liberal	14,866	23.0%
Bill Barry-Cotter	National	11,696	18.1%
Diana Taylor	Australian Democrats	5,800	9.0%
Barry Cullen	Independent	1,123	1.7%

1990

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Con Sciacca	Labor	34,925	46.3%
Peter Trounce	Liberal	23,571	31.3%
Phillip Grattan	Australian Democrats	12,207	16.2%
Stan Brimson	National	4,697	6.2%

1993

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Con Sciacca	Labor	35,927	50.8%
Debra Wardle	Liberal	24,700	35.0%
Nigel Marsh	National	3,009	4.3%
Murray Henman	Australian Democrats	2,714	3.8%
Frank Bickle	Greens	2,674	3.8%
Richard May	Independent	574	0.8%
Kevin Hendstock	Independent	551	0.8%
Mark Mclaren	Independent	301	0.4%
Bill Wheeler	Independent	214	0.3%

1996

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Andrea West	Liberal	33,088	46.5%
Con Sciacca	Labor	29,964	42.1%
Jenny Van Rooyen	Australian Democrats	5,954	8.4%
Tony Krajniw	Greens	1,780	2.5%
Selina Reilly	Independent	331	0.5%

1998

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Con Sciacca	Labor	32,606	43.8%
Andrea West	Liberal	27,927	37.5%
Barry Myatt	One Nation	8,227	11.1%
Jenny Van Rooyen	Australian Democrats	4,021	5.4%
Deeane Moorhead	Greens	1,606	2.2%

2001

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Con Sciacca	Labor	35,213	44.4%
Andrew Laming	Liberal	34,121	43.1%
Chad Smith	Australian Democrats	3,873	4.9%
Barry Myatt	One Nation	3,862	4.9%
Fay Smith	Greens	2,164	2.7%

2004

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Andrew Laming	Liberal	39,363	50.6%
Donna Webster	Labor	27,631	35.5%
Paula Nadas	Greens	3,729	4.8%
Mal Cayley	FFP	3,126	4.0%
Joe Ross	National	3,125	4.0%
Robert Bromwich	Australian Democrats	835	1.1%

2007

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Andrew Laming	Liberal	37,886	46.2%
Jason Young	Labor	36,207	44.1%
Brad Scott	Greens	4,475	5.5%
Alan Lucas	Family First	2,405	2.9%
Paul Holland	Australian Democrats	676	0.8%
Dave Chidgey	One Nation	433	0.5%

2013

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Andrew Laming	Liberal National (Qld)	42,828	49.3%
Darryl Briskey	Labor	25,967	29.9%
John Wayne	Palmer United Party	11,049	12.7%
Penny Allman-Payne	Greens	5,198	6.0%
Andrew O'shea	Family First	1,868	2.1%

2016

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Andrew Laming	Liberal National (Qld)	45,946	49.8%
Kim Richards	Labor	29,592	32.1%
Brad Scott	Greens	9,012	9.8%
Brett Saunders	Family First	4,459	4.8%
Tony Duncan	Independent	3,316	3.6%

2019

Candidate	Party	First-Pref. Votes	Share
Andrew Laming	Liberal National (Qld)	47,866	48.7%
Tom Baster	Labor	26,147	26.6%
Emerald Moon	Greens	11,795	12.0%
Glen Wadsworth	One Nation	7,175	7.3%
Shane Clark	United Australia Party	3,540	3.6%
David Anderson	FACNP	1,816	1.8%

Margin Over Time

Final (after-preferences) winning margin, percentage points, coloured by the winning party.

Trend

Bowman has been contested at 27 federal elections on record since 1949. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Labor, Liberal National (Qld).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bowman in the 2019 federal election?

Andrew Laming (Liberal National (Qld)) won Bowman in 2019 after preferences, with 59,237 votes (60.2%) to Tom Baster's 39,102.

Which parties have won Bowman since 1949?

Since 1949, Bowman has been won by: Labor, Liberal, Liberal National (Qld).

What was the closest result in Bowman?

The closest result on record for Bowman was 2007, when Andrew Laming (Liberal) beat Jason Young by 64 votes (0.1 percentage points) after preferences.