Kurrajong electorate

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
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.

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, Forrest, Griffith, Hackett, Kingston, Lyneham, Narrabundah, O'Connor, Red Hill, 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.

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

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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for Kurrajong electorate

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Australian Capital Territory general election § Kurrajong.[edit]

2020 Australian Capital Territory general election: Kurrajong

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

• Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission
• Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

External links

• ACT Electoral Commission