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Division Of Canberra

The Division of Canberra is an Australian electoral division in the Australian Capital Territory. It is named for the city of Canberra, Australia's national capital, and includes all of central Canberra, Kowen, Majura, as well as part of Weston Creek, Woden Valley, Molonglo Valley, Belconnen, and Jerrabomberra. It is currently held by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state or territory, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state or territory's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state or territory are malapportioned.

As of 2018, the division of Canberra includes Canberra Central, the Woden Valley suburbs of Curtin, Chifley, Garran and Hughes, the Belconnen suburbs of Aranda, Bruce, Cook, Giralang, Hawker, Kaleen, Lawson and Weetangera, the Jerrabomberra suburbs of Beard and Oaks Estate and the districts of Majura and Kowen.

History

The city of Canberra, the division's namesake

The division was created in a redistribution of the former Division of Australian Capital Territory, gazetted on 19 April 1974. It originally encompassed the southern suburbs of Canberra, including the districts of Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Woden Valley. It also generally included the land in the ACT south of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin, although at one time some suburbs in the inner south of the lake were includes in the now abolished division of Fraser. Later the division included Reid and Campbell and prior to the 2018 redistribution, it included Civic, Acton, Turner south of Haig Park and east of Sullivans Creek, Braddon south of Haig Park, Reid, Campbell and Pialligo. From 2016, the division included Norfolk Island.

In 2018, the Australian Electoral Commission announced substantial alterations to the boundaries of the electorate, due to the creation of a new seat (the Division of Bean) covering the majority of the Australian Capital Territory, centred on its south, as well as Norfolk Island. The new Division of Canberra only covers Canberra's inner suburbs, Majura and Kowen in the Territory's north-east, the Belconnen suburbs of Aranda, Bruce, Cook, Giralang, Hawker, Kaleen, Lawson and Weetangera, and parts of Woden Valley north of Hindmarsh Drive.

For most of its history it has been a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but it has been won by the Liberal Party three times, most recently at a 1995 by-election. In recent elections, the Australian Greens vote has increased steadily, with the party being only just under 4,000 votes of surpassing the Liberal Party on primary vote to enter the two-party preferred vote. In particular, the Greens came second on primary vote in 12 booths at the 2019 federal election, and won in two booths (Dickson East and Canberra City). However, the Labor Party retains a vote almost double that of the Greens in the electorate.

Members

Image Member Party Term Notes
  Kep Enderby
(1926–2015)
Labor 18 May 1974
13 December 1975
Previously held the Division of Australian Capital Territory. Served as minister under Whitlam. Lost seat
  John Haslem
(1939–)
Liberal 13 December 1975
18 October 1980
Lost seat
  Ros Kelly
(1948–)
Labor 18 October 1980
30 January 1995
Previously held the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly seat of Canberra. Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Resigned to retire from politics
  Brendan Smyth
(1959–)
Liberal 25 March 1995
2 March 1996
Did not contest in 1996. Failed to win the Division of Namadgi. Later elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly seat of Brindabella in 1998
  Bob McMullan
(1947–)
Labor 2 March 1996
3 October 1998
Previously a member of the Senate. Transferred to the Division of Fraser
  Annette Ellis
(1946–)
3 October 1998
19 July 2010
Previously held the Division of Namadgi. Retired
  Gai Brodtmann
(1963–)
21 August 2010
11 April 2019
Retired
  Alicia Payne
(1982–)
18 May 2019
present
Incumbent

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Canberra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alicia Payne 41,435 44.88 +4.38
Greens Tim Hollo 22,795 24.69 +1.38
Liberal Slade Minson 20,102 21.77 −6.08
Independent Tim Bohm 4,772 5.17 +0.47
United Australia Catherine Smith 1,687 1.83 +0.25
One Nation James Miles 1,531 1.66 +1.66
Total formal votes 92,322 98.23 +0.39
Informal votes 1,668 1.77 −0.39
Turnout 93,990 92.08 −0.54
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Alicia Payne 66,898 72.46 +5.38
Liberal Slade Minson 25,424 27.54 −5.38
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Alicia Payne 57,421 62.20 −4.89
Greens Tim Hollo 34,901 37.80 +37.80
Labor hold  
  Labor
  Liberal
  Greens
  Democrats/Australia
  Nuclear Disarmament Party
  One Nation
  Independent

References

  1. ^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Map of Division of Canberra 2018" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Map of the Federal electoral division of Fenner" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  4. ^ Whyte, Sally (6 April 2018). "ACT's new federal electorates revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ Canberra, ACT, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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