Division of Canberra

Canberra Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Canberra (green) in ACT
Created:	1974
MP:	Gai Brodtmann
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Canberra
Area:	1,921 km² (742 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Canberra is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory. The division was created in 1974 from the southern half of the old Division of Australian Capital Territory. It is named for the city of Canberra, Australia's national capital, and includes the districts of Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Woden Valley, along with the rest of the ACT south of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin. 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.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Kep Enderby	Labor	1974–1975
	John Haslem	Liberal	1975–1980
	Ros Kelly	Labor	1980–1995
	Brendan Smyth	Liberal	1995–1996
	Bob McMullan	Labor	1996–1998
	Annette Ellis	Labor	1998–2010
	Gai Brodtmann	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Canberra

Australian federal election, 2010: Canberra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gai Brodtmann	49,608	44.23	-6.87
	Liberal	Giulia Jones	41,732	37.21	+2.08
	Greens	Sue Ellerman	20,816	18.56	+5.61
Total formal votes			112,156	95.12	-2.62
Informal votes			5,755	4.88	+2.62
Turnout			117,911	94.92	-1.09
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Gai Brodtmann	66,335	59.15	-2.67
	Liberal	Giulia Jones	45,821	40.85	+2.67
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.67

References

• Division of Canberra - Australian Electoral Commission