2022 federal House election · Official AEC results

Port Macquarie COWPER PPVC

Cowper, NSW · Pre-poll centre · AEC polling-place ID 33677

Unit 2, 171 Lake Rd, PORT MACQUARIE, NSW, 2444

Votes recorded at this polling place are not the views of all local residents. People can vote away from home; pre-poll and mobile services cover wider populations. These results are separate from Australian Poll participant sentiment.

Formal votes

12,973

Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.

Informal votes

701

5.13% of 13,674 total ballots.

First preferences

12,973 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Pat CONAGHAN
The Nationals
5,86345.19%
Caz HEISE
Independent
3,20524.71%
Keith McMULLEN
Labor
2,03815.71%
Faye ASPIOTIS
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
7105.47%
Timothy NOTT
The Greens
4903.78%
Simon CHASELING
Liberal Democrats
4743.65%
Joshua Stephen FAIRHALL
United Australia Party
1931.49%

First preferences count the candidate marked first on each formal ballot.

Two-candidate preferred (TCP)

12,973 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Pat CONAGHAN
The Nationals
7,21655.62%
Caz HEISE
Independent
5,75744.38%

TCP distributes preferences to the final two candidates in this electorate. The pair can include independents or minor parties.

Two-party preferred (TPP)

Labor–Coalition comparison · 12,973 formal votes
SideVotesShare
Australian Labor Party4,85737.44%
Liberal/National Coalition8,11662.56%

TPP is the AEC’s Labor–Coalition measure even where those parties were not the final two candidates. It must not be substituted for TCP.

Compare with 2025

Port Macquarie COWPER PPVC in 2025 has the same AEC polling-place ID.

No continuous trend is shown because:

Nearby election-day booths

Straight-line distance within 50 km, using AEC coordinates. Nearby booths may serve different electorates and voter groups.

Map of nearby booths

Numbers match the list below. Select a marker for its results link. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; diamonds: mobile/hospital teams. Teams can cover many locations; markers do not show service areas.

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Geographic overview

Numbers match the list below. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; triangles: mobile/hospital teams. 7 of 7 places have source coordinates. Teams can cover many locations; their marker is not their service area.

Polling-place locations; use the equivalent numbered list for detailsPort Macquarie COWPER PPVC1Port Macquarie Greenmeadows2Port Macquarie West3Thrumster4Settlement Shores5Innes Lake North6Port Macquarie South7

Natural Earth public-domain outline, 1:110m. Geographic overview, not street navigation or electorate boundaries. Missing coordinates stay in the list.

Nearby booths by distance

  1. Port Macquarie COWPER PPVC — selected polling place
  2. Port Macquarie Greenmeadows, Cowper · 0.7 km · 326 formal votes · Labor TPP 43.25%
  3. Port Macquarie West, Cowper · 1.4 km · 1,207 formal votes · Labor TPP 41.51%
  4. Thrumster, Cowper · 1.4 km · 269 formal votes · Labor TPP 38.29%
  5. Settlement Shores, Cowper · 2.0 km · 1,114 formal votes · Labor TPP 41.74%
  6. Innes Lake North, Cowper · 2.2 km · 682 formal votes · Labor TPP 40.32%
  7. Port Macquarie South, Cowper · 2.3 km · 1,546 formal votes · Labor TPP 49.03%

AEC 2022 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2022-07-19T10:31:27 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2022, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.

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