Kurrajong Electorate
History
Kurrajong was created in 2016, when the five-electorate, 25-member Hare-Clark electoral system was first introduced for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly, replacing the previous three-electorate, 17-member system. The name "Kurrajong" is derived from an Aboriginal word for the tree (Brachychiton populneus, meaning "shade tree", and also Kurrajong Hill, the name early settlers used for Capital Hill, the location of Parliament House.
Location
The Kurrajong electorate currently comprises the majority of the district of Canberra Central, including the suburbs of Acton, Ainslie, Barton, Braddon, Campbell, Civic, Dickson, Downer, Griffith, Hackett, Kingston, Lyneham, Narrabundah, O'Connor, Reid, Turner, Watson, and the entirety of the Jerrabomberra, Kowen and Majura districts including the suburbs of Beard, Hume, Oaks Estate, Pialligo and Symonston.
On the original boundaries contested in 2016 Kurrajong additionally included the suburbs of Deakin and Yarralumla. However the boundary redistribution conducted in 2019 transferred both these suburbs to the Murrumbidgee electorate. In 2023, a further boundary redistribution also transferred the suburbs of Forrest and Red Hill to the Murrumbidgee electorate.
Members
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Andrew Barr | Labor | Rachel Stephen-Smith | Labor | Shane Rattenbury | Greens | Steve Doszpot | Liberal | Elizabeth Lee | Liberal | |||||
| 2017 | Candice Burch | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Rebecca Vassarotti | Greens | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Thomas Emerson | Independents for Canberra | |||||||||||||
Steve Doszpot (Liberal) died on 25 November 2017. Candice Burch (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 13 December 2017.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 8,434 | ||||
| Labor | Andrew Barr (elected 1) | 11,148 | 22.0 | +0.7 | |
| Labor | Rachel Stephen-Smith (elected 3) | 2,786 | 5.5 | −0.2 | |
| Labor | Maddy Northam | 2,172 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Labor | Jacob Ingram | 1,736 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Labor | Judy Anderson | 1,371 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal | Elizabeth Lee (elected 4) | 5,040 | 10.0 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal | Candice Burch | 3,978 | 7.9 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal | Patrick Pentony | 2,384 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal | Robert Johnson | 1,628 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal | Rattesh Gumber | 929 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Greens | Shane Rattenbury (elected 2) | 6,388 | 12.6 | −0.3 | |
| Greens | Rebecca Vassarotti (elected 5) | 3,093 | 6.1 | +2.7 | |
| Greens | Adriana Boisen | 1,250 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Greens | Michael Brewer | 904 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Progressives | Tim Bohm | 1,173 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Progressives | Therese Faulkner | 901 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Progressives | Peta Anne Bryant | 472 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Joy Angel | 435 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Sustainable Australia | John Haydon | 365 | 0.7 | +0.0 | |
| Animal Justice | Julie Smith | 447 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Animal Justice | Serrin Rutledge-Prior | 343 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | Bruce Paine | 693 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Climate Change Justice | Sophia Forner | 209 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Climate Change Justice | Alix O'Hara | 195 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Climate Change Justice | Petar Johnson | 156 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | Marilena Damiano | 221 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Community Action | Alvin Hopper | 108 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Community Action | Robyn Williams | 75 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 50,600 | 98.9 | +1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 577 | 1.1 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 51,177 | 86.1 | +1.5 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 19,213 | 38.0 | −0.5 | ||
| Liberal | 13,959 | 27.6 | −3.4 | ||
| Greens | 11,635 | 23.0 | +4.2 | ||
| Progressives | 2,546 | 5.0 | +5.0 | ||
| Sustainable Australia | 800 | 1.6 | +0.3 | ||
| Animal Justice | 790 | 1.6 | +0.3 | ||
| Independent | Bruce Paine | 693 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Climate Change Justice | 560 | 1.1 | +1.1 | ||
| Independent | Marilena Damiano | 221 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Community Action | 183 | 0.4 | +0.4 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | –0.2 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
| Greens hold | Swing | –0.3 | |||
| Greens gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.7 | |||
See also
References
- ^ "Electorates 2016 election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Electoral Boundaries Redistribution 2019" (PDF). Augmented ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Government, A. C. T. (9 July 2024). "2023 redistribution". Elections ACT. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Casual vacancies in the ninth Legislative Assembly (2016-2020)". www.elections.act.gov.au. Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "2020 results by electorate". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
