Division of Fowler
The Division of Fowler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
| Fowler Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
Division of Fowler in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election | |
| Created | 1984 |
| MP | Dai Le |
| Party | Dai Le & Frank Carbone Network |
| Namesake | Lilian Fowler |
| Electors | 108,517 (2022) |
| Area | 69 km2 (26.6 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan |
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.
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.
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.