| Brindabella Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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| Territory | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 61,713 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,597 km2 (616.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Federal electorate(s) | Bean | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°35′6″S148°57′25″E / 35.58500°S 148.95694°E | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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]
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||
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| 1995 | Bill Wood | Labor | Andrew Whitecross | Labor | Paul Osborne | Independent | Trevor Kaine | Liberal | Tony De Domenico | Liberal | |||||
| 19971 | Louise Littlewood | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | John Hargreaves | Labor | Brendan Smyth | Liberal | |||||||||||
| 19982 | Canberra Liberals | ||||||||||||||
| 19982 | 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 | |||||||||
| 20133 | Nicole Lawder | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 20164 | Val Jeffery | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Mark Parton | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Johnathan Davis | Greens | |||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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