Division of Yerrabi
| Yerrabi Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
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| Territory | Australian Capital Territory |
| Created | 2016 |
| Electors | 58,895 (2016) |
| Area | 117 km2 (45.2 sq mi) |
| Coordinates | 35°11′3″S 149°6′34″E / 35.18417°S 149.10944°E |
The Yerrabi electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elected five members at the 2016 ACT election.
History
Yerrabi was created in 2016, when the five-electorate, 25-member Hare-Clark electoral system was first introduced for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), replacing the previous three-electorate, 17-member system. The word "Yerrabi" is derived from an Aboriginal word in the Ngunnawal language meaning "go", "walk" or "to leave",[1] and shares its name with Yerrabi Pond in Amaroo.
Location
The Yerrabi electorate consists of the districts of Gungahlin and Hall, as well as parts of northern Belconnen including the suburbs of Evatt, Giralang, Kaleen, Lawson and McKellar, and the part adjacent to the Barton Highway.[2] Following a 2019 electoral redistribution, Evatt, Lawson and McKellar will be transferred to Ginninderra for the 2020 ACT election.[3]
Members
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Meegan Fitzharris | Labor | Michael Pettersson | Labor | Suzanne Orr | Labor | James Milligan | Liberal | Alistair Coe | Liberal | |||||
| 2019 | Deepak-Raj Gupta | Labor | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Electorates 2016 election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Electorates 2016 election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Electorates 2020 election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
