Brindabella electorate

The Brindabella electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elects five members, and is the largest of the electorates in geographic area.

Brindabella Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
Territory	Australian Capital Territory
Created	1995
Electors	61,713 (2020)
Area	1,597 km^2 (616.6 sq mi)
Federal electorate(s)	Bean
Coordinates	35°35′6″S 148°57′25″E / 35.58500°S 148.95694°E / -35.58500; 148.95694
Electorates around Brindabella: Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee Kurrajong NSW Brindabella NSW NSW NSW NSW

History

It was created in 1995, when the three-electorate, Hare-Clark electoral system was first introduced for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Prior to 1995, a multi-member single constituency existed for the whole of the ACT. "Brindabella" is derived from an indigenous word meaning "two kangaroo rats" and refers to the mountain range to the south and west of the ACT.^[1]

Location

The Brindabella electorate consists of the large part of the ACT south of the Murrumbidgee River, although this region is sparsely inhabited.

From 1995 to 2008 it contained the Canberra district of Tuggeranong, excluding Hume, and the Woden Valley suburbs of Chifley, Pearce and Torrens.^[2][3]

In 2008, a boundary re-distribution by the Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission, resulted in the electorate covering the Woden Valley suburb of Farrer.^[1]

In the 2016 redistribution, the Woden Valley suburbs, the village of Uriarra, and the suburb of Kambah were transferred into the Murrumbidgee electorate. At the 2019 redistribution, the western side of Kambah was transferred back into Brindabella.^[4]

Members

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1995		Bill Wood	Labor		Andrew Whitecross	Labor		Paul Osborne	Independent		Trevor Kaine	Liberal		Tony De Domenico	Liberal
1997^1														Louise Littlewood	Liberal
1998					John Hargreaves	Labor								Brendan Smyth	Liberal
1998^2												Canberra Liberals
1998^2												United Canberra
2001								Karin MacDonald	Labor		Steve Pratt	Liberal
2004		Mick Gentleman	Labor
2008		Joy Burch	Labor					Amanda Bresnan	Greens		Steve Doszpot	Liberal
2012					Mick Gentleman	Labor		Andrew Wall	Liberal		Zed Seselja	Liberal
2013^3											Nicole Lawder	Liberal
2016^4														Val Jeffery	Liberal
2016														Mark Parton	Liberal
2020								Johnathan Davis	Greens
2023^5								Laura Nuttall	Greens

¹ Tony De Domenico (Liberal) resigned on 30 January 1997. Louise Littlewood (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback and was sworn in on 18 February 1997.^[5]

² Trevor Kaine was elected on the Liberal ticket. From 1989 to 13 May 1998, Kaine sat as a Liberal. On 28 May 1998, Kaine announced he would sit as a Canberra Liberal, and on 30 July 1998, Kaine announced that he had registered the United Canberra Party and sat in the Assembly as its sole representative.^[5]

³ Zed Seselja (Liberal) resigned on 11 June 2013. Nicole Lawder (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 28 June 2013.

⁴ Brendan Smyth (Liberal) resigned on 15 July 2016. Val Jeffery (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 28 July 2016.

⁵ Johnathan Davis (Greens) resigned on 12 November 2023. Laura Nuttall (Greens) was elected as his replacement replacement on a countback on 27 November 2023.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for Brindabella electorate

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

2020 Australian Capital Territory general election: Brindabella^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			9,236
	Labor	Joy Burch (elected 1)	6,459	11.7	+3.5
	Labor	Mick Gentleman (elected 2)	6,395	11.5	+3.1
	Labor	Taimus Werner-Gibbings	4,568	8.2	+1.6
	Labor	Cathy Day	2,592	4.7	+4.7
	Labor	Brendan Forde	2,546	4.6	+4.6
	Liberal	Mark Parton (elected 4)	6,218	11.2	+0.6
	Liberal	Nicole Lawder (elected 3)	5,866	10.6	+1.7
	Liberal	Andrew Wall	4,579	8.3	−3.7
	Liberal	Jane Hiatt	2,448	4.4	+4.4
	Liberal	James Daniels	2,179	3.9	+3.9
	Greens	Johnathan Davis (elected 5)	3,019	5.4	+4.0
	Greens	Laura Nuttall	1,657	3.0	+3.0
	Greens	Sue Ellerman	1,309	2.4	+2.4
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Greg Baynham	894	1.6	+1.6
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Adrian Olley	833	1.5	+1.5
	Sustainable Australia	Andrew Clapham	763	1.4	+1.4
	Sustainable Australia	Bruce Willett	514	0.9	+0.9
	Animal Justice	Jannah Fahiz	653	1.2	+1.2
	Animal Justice	Robyn Soxsmith	582	1.0	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Knight	427	0.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Gowor	318	0.6	+0.6
	Australian Federation	Jason Potter	446	0.8	+0.8
	Australian Federation	Scott Sandford	148	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			55,413	98.2	+1.1
Informal votes			1,005	1.8	−1.1
Turnout			56,418	90.7	+0.7
Party total votes
	Labor		22,560	40.7	+7.1
	Liberal		21,290	38.4	−3.4
	Greens		5,985	10.8	+5.7
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		1,727	3.1	+3.1
	Sustainable Australia		1,277	2.3	+0.8
	Animal Justice		1,235	2.2	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats		745	1.3	−1.2
	Australian Federation		594	1.1	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7
	Greens gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.0

See also

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

References

1. . ACT Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
2. . ACT Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
3. . ACT Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
4. "Electoral Boundaries Redistribution 2019" (PDF). Augmented ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
5. (PDF). ACT Legislative Assembly. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
6. "2020 results by electorate". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

External links

• Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission