[3] During his time in the latter position, he recruited John Steenhuisen, the party's future leader, to the DP.
[1] During his term there, in March 2001, he was ordered out of the legislature by the Speaker after he called Lucky Gabela of the African National Congress a "liar".
[6][7] In the 2004 general election, the DA nominated Lowe for re-election to a full term in the National Assembly.
In 2014, Lowe nominated himself to stand as the DA's candidate in a by-election in his former ward in Durban North, where the incumbent councillor, Dean Macpherson, had been promoted to a parliamentary seat.
[2][12] The DA's provincial chairperson, Haniff Hoosen, said that Lowe had not submitted his application on time and was not, in any case, eligible, since he was not registered to vote in Durban.