Ginninderra
Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
TerritoryAustralian Capital Territory
Created1995
Electors63,188 (2020)
Area105 km2 (40.5 sq mi)
Federal electorate(s)Fenner
Coordinates35°13′41″S 149°2′17″E / 35.22806°S 149.03806°E / -35.22806; 149.03806
Electorates around Ginninderra:
NSW NSW Yerrabi
NSW Ginninderra Kurrajong
Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee

The Ginninderra electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elects five members.

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. The name "Ginninderra" is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "sparkling like the stars". It is the name given to the creek that flows through the middle of Belconnen, which was dammed to form Lake Ginninderra, the lake on which the Belconnen Town Centre is sited.[1]

Location

The Ginninderra electorate comprises the southern part of the district of Belconnen, including the suburbs of Aranda, Belconnen, Bruce, Charnwood, Cook, Dunlop, Evatt, Florey, Flynn, Fraser, Hawker, Higgins, Holt, Latham, Lawson, Macgregor, Macnamara, Macquarie, Melba, McKellar, Page, Scullin, Spence, Strathnairn and Weetangera.

Two Belconnen suburbs, Giralang and Kaleen are part of Yerrabi.

From 1995 to 2001 it contained the Canberra districts of Belconnen and Hall.[2] After the 2001 redistribution the Gungahlin suburb of Nicholls was moved to the electorate.[3] The 2008 redistribution made no changes to the boundaries of the electorate.[4]

In the 2012 redistribution the Gungahlin suburbs of Crace and Palmerston were moved from Molonglo into Ginninderra. [5]

In the 2016 redistribution, all three Gungahlin suburbs, the village of Hall, and the Belconnen suburbs of Evatt, Giralang, Kaleen, Lawson and McKellar were transferred into the new Yerrabi electorate.[6] At the 2020 redistribution, the suburbs of Evatt, Lawson and McKellar were transferred back into Ginninderra.[7]

Members

Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1995 Roberta McRae Labor Wayne Berry Labor Lucy Horodny Greens Harold Hird Liberal Bill Stefaniak Liberal
1998 Jon Stanhope Labor Dave Rugendyke Independent
2001 Roslyn Dundas Democrats Vicki Dunne Liberal
2004 Mary Porter Labor
2008 Meredith Hunter Greens Alistair Coe Liberal
20111 Chris Bourke Labor
2012 Yvette Berry Labor
20162 Jayson Hinder Labor
2016 Tara Cheyne Labor Gordon Ramsay Labor Elizabeth Kikkert Liberal
2020 Jo Clay Greens Peter Cain Liberal
1 Jon Stanhope (Labor) resigned from the Assembly on 16 May 2011. Chris Bourke (Labor) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 30 May 2011.[8]
2 Mary Porter (Labor) resigned from the Assembly on 19 February 2016. Jayson Hinder (Labor) was elected as her replacement on a countback on 7 March 2016.[9]

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for Ginninderra electorate
2020 Australian Capital Territory general election: Ginninderra[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 9,338
Labor Yvette Berry (elected 1) 8,756 15.6 +5.5
Labor Tara Cheyne (elected 3) 6,306 11.3 +3.0
Labor Gordon Ramsay 4,783 8.5 +0.2
Labor Sue Ducker 1,288 2.3 +2.3
Labor Greg Lloyd 1,276 2.3 +2.3
Liberal Elizabeth Kikkert (elected 2) 5,222 9.3 +2.6
Liberal Peter Cain (elected 5) 3,069 5.5 +5.5
Liberal Robert Gunning 2,822 5.0 +5.0
Liberal Kacey Lam 2,256 4.0 +4.0
Liberal Ignatius Rozario 1,608 2.9 −0.7
Greens Jo Clay (elected 4) 3,495 6.2 +6.2
Greens Katt Millner 2,242 4.0 +4.0
Greens Tim Liersch 1,269 2.3 +2.3
Belco Bill Stefaniak 2,214 4.0 +4.0
Belco Chic Henry 1,517 2.7 +2.7
Belco Alan Tutt 626 1.1 +1.1
Belco Angela Lount 493 0.9 +0.9
Belco Vijay Dubey 414 0.7 +0.7
Democratic Labour Helen McClure 724 1.3 +1.3
Democratic Labour Ian McClure 623 1.1 +1.1
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Matthew Ogilvie 676 1.2 +1.2
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Oliver Smith 614 1.1 +1.1
Sustainable Australia Mark O'Connor 579 1.0 +1.0
Sustainable Australia Paul Gabriel 408 0.7 +0.7
Animal Justice Lara Drew 541 1.0 +1.0
Animal Justice Carolyne Drew 418 0.7 +0.7
Independent Mignonne Cullen 704 1.3 +1.3
Climate Change Justice Jonathan Stavridis 215 0.4 +0.4
Climate Change Justice Sok Kheng Ngep 203 0.4 +0.4
Climate Change Justice Oksana Demetrios 200 0.4 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Guy Jakeman 258 0.5 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Dominic De Luca 206 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 56,025 98.5 +1.3
Informal votes 865 1.5 −1.3
Turnout 56,890 89.1 +0.2
Party total votes
Labor 22,409 40.0 −1.4
Liberal 14,977 26.7 −5.3
Greens 7,006 12.5 +0.8
Belco 5,264 9.4 +9.4
Democratic Labour 1,347 2.4 +2.4
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1,290 2.3 +2.3
Sustainable Australia 987 2.3 +2.3
Animal Justice 959 1.7 +0.8
Independent Mignonne Cullen 704 1.3 +1.3
Climate Change Justice 618 1.1 +1.1
Liberal Democrats 464 0.8 −0.4
Labor hold Swing +5.5
Labor hold Swing +3.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.6
Liberal hold Swing +5.5
Greens gain from Labor Swing +6.2

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electorates 2008 election". ACT Electoral Commission. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Electorates 1995 and 1998 elections". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Electorates 2001 and 2004 elections". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Electorates 2008 election". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Electorates 2012 election". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Electorates 2016 election". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Electorates 2020 election". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Casual vacancy count-back result: Mr Chris Bourke to be elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly". ACT Electoral Commission. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Casual vacancy count-back result: Jayson Hinder to be elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly". ACT Electoral Commission. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  10. ^ "2020 results by electorate". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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