House of Representatives
Chris Bowen
Chris Bowen is the Australian Labor Party MP for McMahon. First elected 9 October 2004.
- 2004 Won Prospect, entered Parliament
- 2009 Became financial services minister
- 2013 Resigned after Rudd bid
- 2013 Became Treasurer
- 2013 Left Treasury, interim leader
- 2013 Lost interim leadership
- 2019 Withdrew from leadership race
- 2022 Became Treasurer and Climate Minister
- Australian Labor Party
What do they focus on?
Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.
Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.
How do they vote?
Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.
415 tracked votes while with Labor.
How do they compare?
- Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 21.7 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
- Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 0 avg 0.6 26
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 6 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 7.9 226
The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.
What have they done lately?
Most recent dated activity in the pack is a 30 March 2026 speech supporting strategic-reserve export finance changes, saying flexible powers could help secure fuel and strategic materials and strengthen critical-minerals supply chains. Earlier, on 12 February 2025, he voted Aye on clean-energy target legislation to enshrine clean-energy targets; his February speeches also supported fairer, more certain offshore electricity licensing. The pack records support for Future Made in Australia in July 2024, while a September 2024 No was on a specific question about strengthening climate and First Nations safeguards, not explicitly a whole-bill position.
When do they vote against their party?
Chris recorded no votes against the Labor position across 415 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
11 tracked speeches across 9 bills.
- 11 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 0 against
- 0 no clear position
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About these numbers
Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.
Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.