Kurrajong electorate

Kurrajong
Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kurrajong (dark green) in the ACT
TerritoryAustralian Capital Territory
Created2016
Electors58,514 (2020)
Area288 km2 (111.2 sq mi)
Federal electorate(s)
Coordinates35°18′0″S 149°12′43″E / 35.30000°S 149.21194°E / -35.30000; 149.21194
Electorates around Kurrajong:
Yerrabi NSW NSW
Ginninderra
Murrumbidgee		 Kurrajong NSW
Brindabella NSW NSW

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 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
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

Main article: Electoral results for Kurrajong electorate
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Australian Capital Territory election § Kurrajong.[edit]
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

See also

References

  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.
  5. ^ "2020 results by electorate". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 October 2020.