Division of Canberra
| Canberra Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, as of the 2016 federal election. | |
| Created | 1974 |
| MP | Gai Brodtmann |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Canberra |
| Electors | 143,231 (2016) |
| Area | 1,921 km2 (741.7 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan and Norfolk Islanders |
The Division of Canberra is an Australian electoral division in the Australian Capital Territory. The division was created in redistibution of 19 April 1974 of the former 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. Civic, Acton, Turner (south of Haig Park), Braddon (south of Haig Park), Reid, Campbell and Pialligo are also in Canberra. 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 twice, most recently at a 1995 by-election. As of 1 July 2016, the division includes Norfolk Island.[1]
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 will only cover Canberra's inner suburbs, Majura and Kowen in the Territory's north-east, and parts of Woden Valley north of Hindmarsh Drive.[2]
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Gai Brodtmann | 55,091 | 42.80 | +1.65 | |
| Liberal | Jessica Adelan-Langford | 48,416 | 37.61 | +0.28 | |
| Greens | Patricia Cahill | 19,200 | 14.92 | +1.86 | |
| Bullet Train | Christopher Bucknell | 6,013 | 4.67 | +0.51 | |
| Total formal votes | 128,720 | 97.29 | +1.14 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,590 | 2.71 | −1.14 | ||
| Turnout | 132,310 | 92.38 | −4.08 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Gai Brodtmann | 75,247 | 58.46 | +0.95 | |
| Liberal | Jessica Adelan-Langford | 53,473 | 41.54 | −0.95 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.95 | |||
References
- ^ "Norfolk Island Electors". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ Whyte, Sally (6 April 2018). "ACT's new federal electorates revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Canberra, ACT, Virtual Tally Room, AEC.