Division of Cowper

Today i am talking about the safe natitionals seat of Cowper a original north Coast nsw seat that has been a long time ago a part of the country party heart land now is still a safe seat but has much more marginal northern neighbours Richmond and page the seat has been mats and country hands since 1919 with one exception in 1961 when Earle page the longest single electorate member Hughes represented 4 lost to labor the nats won it back in 63 and increased it the seat looked like it could be lost in 2010 but a massive pro nats swing of 8.2% the member is Luke hurtsuyker the assistant minister for employment in the abbott government and deputy leader of the house.