Kurrajong electorate

Kurrajong
Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
Kurrajong; Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Kurrajong (dark green) in the ACT
Territory	Australian Capital Territory
Created	2016
Electors	58,514 (2020)
Area	288 km2 (111.2 sq mi)
Federal electorate(s)	Bean; Canberra;
Coordinates	35°18′0″S 149°12′43″E / 35.30000°S 149.21194°E
	Electorates around Kurrajong:

The Kurrajong 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

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.^[1]

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.^[2] In 2023, a further boundary redistribution also transferred the suburbs of Forrest and Red Hill to the Murrumbidgee electorate.^[3]

Members

Year		Party		Party		Party		Party		Party
2016	Andrew Barr	Labor	Rachel Stephen-Smith	Labor	Shane Rattenbury	Greens	Steve Doszpot	Liberal	Elizabeth Lee	Liberal
2017¹							Candice Burch	Liberal
2020							Rebecca Vassarotti	Greens
2024							Thomas Emerson	Independents for Canberra

¹ Steve Doszpot (Liberal) died on 25 November 2017. Candice Burch (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 13 December 2017.^[4]

Election results

2020 Australian Capital Territory election: Kurrajong^[5]
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

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.

External links

ACT Electoral Commission

[elecpage-1] "Electorates 2016 election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

[2] "Electoral Boundaries Redistribution 2019" (PDF). Augmented ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[3] Government, A. C. T. (9 July 2024). "2023 redistribution". Elections ACT. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[4] "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.

[Results_of_the_2020_Australian_Capital_Territory_election_actec-5] "2020 results by electorate". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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