Division of Bean

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Bean
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Division of Bean
Map
Interactive map of boundaries (excluding Norfolk Island)
Created2019
MP David Smith
Party Labor
Namesake Charles Bean
Electors 104,482 (2019)
Area1,913 km2 (738.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
Territory electorate(s)

The Division of Bean is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Norfolk Island, which was created in 2018 and contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.

Contents

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [1]

History

Charles Bean, the division's namesake Charles EW Bean portrait.jpg
Charles Bean, the division's namesake

The division is named in honour of Charles Bean, an Australian war correspondent and historian during World War I.

The Division of Bean was created in 2018 by the Australian Electoral Commission, as part of a reapportionment to establish a third seat in the Australian Capital Territory which occurred due to population growth in the territory. [2] The division is located in the south of the ACT and takes in the urban districts of Tuggeranong, the Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek and southern Woden Valley, the rural districts of Booth, Coree, Paddys River, Stromlo and Tennent and the uninhabited districts of Cotter River, Mount Clear and Rendezvous Creek. [3] The external territory of Norfolk Island is also included in the division. [3] These districts and Norfolk Island were previously part of the Division of Canberra.

Bean is a safe Labor seat, held by a margin of 12.9% as of the 2022 federal election. [4]

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Senator David Smith.jpg David Smith
(1970–)
Labor 18 May 2019
present
Previously a member of the Senate. Incumbent

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Bean [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Smith 41,06041.73+3.59
Liberal Jane Hiatt29,24129.72−1.72
Greens Kathryn Savery14,55914.80+1.71
Independent Jamie Christie8,0238.15−0.12
United Australia Sean Conway2,8312.88+0.48
One Nation Benjamin Ambard2,6802.72+2.72
Total formal votes98,39497.12+2.27
Informal votes2,9152.88−2.27
Turnout 101,30992.58−1.20
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Smith 61,93562.95+5.43
Liberal Jane Hiatt36,45937.05−5.43
Labor hold Swing +5.43

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References

  1. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. "Electoral Commission confirms ACT gets third federal House of Representatives seat". Canberra Times. 31 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Map: Division of Bean" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
  4. https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/guide/bean
  5. Bean, ACT, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.