Division of Canberra - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canberra Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Map Interactive map of boundaries | |
Created | 1974 |
MP | Alicia Payne |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Canberra |
Electors | 124,294 (2010) |
Area | 1,921 km2 (741.7 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Canberra is an Australian electoral division in the Australian Capital Territory. It was created in 1974 from the old Division of Australian Capital Territory. It is named for the city of Canberra, which is Australia's national capital. It includes the areas of Tuggeranong, Fyshwick, Weston Creek and Woden Valley, along with the rest of the ACT south of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin. It also includes people living on Norfolk Island.[1]
Members
[change | change source]Member | Party | Term | |
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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
[change | change source]2022 Australian federal election: Canberra[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Alicia Payne | 41,435 | 44.88 | +4.38 | |
Greens | Tim Hollo | 22,795 | 24.69 | +1.38 | |
Liberal | Slade Minson | 20,102 | 21.77 | −6.08 | |
Independent | Tim Bohm | 4,772 | 5.17 | +0.47 | |
United Australia | Catherine Smith | 1,687 | 1.83 | +0.25 | |
One Nation | James Miles | 1,531 | 1.66 | +1.66 | |
Total formal votes | 92,322 | 98.23 | +0.39 | ||
Informal votes | 1,668 | 1.77 | −0.39 | ||
Turnout | 93,990 | 92.08 | −0.54 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Alicia Payne | 66,898 | 72.46 | +5.38 | |
Liberal | Slade Minson | 25,424 | 27.54 | −5.38 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Alicia Payne | 57,421 | 62.20 | −4.89 | |
Greens | Tim Hollo | 34,901 | 37.80 | +37.80 | |
Labor hold | Swing | –4.89 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Canberra (ACT) –". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ Canberra, ACT, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.