Division of Cowan
| Cowan Australian House of Representatives Division | |||||||||||||||
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| Created | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Anne Aly | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Edith Cowan | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 122,741 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 95 km2 (36.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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The Division of Cowan (/kaʊən/) is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.
Cowan is an inner-northern Perth seat lying generally between Morley Drive and Hepburn Avenue, extending from the Mitchell Freeway in the west to the Tonkin Highway and Lord Street in the east.
Cowan is a marginal seat that leans toward the Australian Labor Party. The current MP is Anne Aly, and member of Labor and the first Muslim woman elected to federal parliament. She speaks Arabic and has previously worked in the Western Australia public service as a senior policy advisor.