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″S149°12′43″E / 35.30000°S 149.21194°E / -35.30000; 149.21194
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. ^[1]

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, Griffith, Hackett, Kingston, Lyneham, Narrabundah, O'Connor, 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. ^[2] In 2023, a further boundary redistribution also transferred the suburbs of Forrest and Red Hill to the Murrumbidgee electorate. ^[3]

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
2024											Thomas Emerson	Independents for Canberra
2025												Independent

¹ Steve Doszpot (Liberal) died on 25 November 2017. Candice Burch (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 13 December 2017. ^[4]

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for Kurrajong electorate

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Australian Capital Territory election § Kurrajong.[ edit ]

2024 Australian Capital Territory election: Kurrajong ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			8,154
	Labor	Andrew Barr (elected 1)	10,337	21.1	−0.9
	Labor	Rachel Stephen-Smith (elected 3)	3,500	7.2	+1.7
	Labor	Marina Talevski	1,425	2.9	+2.9
	Labor	Aggi Court	1,263	2.6	+2.6
	Labor	Martin Greenwood	1,153	2.4	+2.4
	Liberal	Elizabeth Lee (elected 2)	6,861	14.0	+4.0
	Liberal	Patrick Pentony	2,219	4.5	−0.2
	Liberal	Sarah Luscombe	1,143	2.3	+2.3
	Liberal	Ramon Bouckaert	899	1.8	+1.8
	Liberal	Efthimios Calatzis	764	1.6	+1.6
	Greens	Shane Rattenbury (elected 4)	4,087	8.4	−4.2
	Greens	Rebecca Vassarotti	2,296	4.7	−1.4
	Greens	Isabel Mudford	1,126	2.3	+2.3
	Greens	Jillian Reid	668	1.4	+1.4
	Greens	James Cruz	456	0.9	+0.9
	Independents for Canberra	Thomas Emerson (elected 5)	4,817	9.8	+9.8
	Independents for Canberra	Sara Poguet	618	1.3	+1.3
	Independents for Canberra	Ben Johnston	527	1.1	+1.1
	Independents for Canberra	Sue Read	476	1.0	+1.0
	Independents for Canberra	Tenzin Mayne	183	0.4	+0.4
	First Nation	Paul Girrawah House	962	2.0	+2.0
	First Nation	Jessika Spencer	99	0.2	+0.2
	First Nation	Thaddeus Connors	89	0.2	+0.2
	First Nation	Rhiannon Connors	88	0.2	+0.2
	First Nation	Harrison Pike	85	0.2	+0.2
	Strong Independents	Peter Strong	607	1.2	+1.2
	Strong Independents	Ann Bray	524	1.1	+1.1
	Animal Justice	Teresa McTaggart	342	0.7	+0.7
	Animal Justice	Walter Kudrycz	302	0.6	+0.6
	Family First	Jenny Hentzschel	309	0.6	+0.6
	Family First	Andrew Charles Adair	299	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Marilena Damiano	238	0.5	+0.1
	Democratic Labour	Belinda Haley	87	0.2	+0.2
	Democratic Labour	Boston White	73	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			48,922	98.5	−0.4
Informal votes			750	1.5	+0.4
Turnout			49,672	82.9	−3.2
Party total votes
	Labor		17,678	36.1	−1.8
	Liberal		11,886	24.3	−3.3
	Greens		8,633	17.6	−5.4
	Independents for Canberra		6,621	13.5	+13.5
	First Nation		1,323	2.7	+2.7
	Strong Independents		1,131	2.3	+2.3
	Animal Justice		644	1.3	−0.2
	Family First		608	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Marilena Damiano	238	0.5	+0.1
	Democratic Labour		160	0.3	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.0
	Greens hold		Swing	−4.2
	Independents for Canberra gain from Greens		Swing	+9.8

See also

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

References

1. "Electorates 2016 election". Elections ACT. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
2. "Electoral Boundaries Redistribution 2019" (PDF). Augmented ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
3. Government, A. C. T. (9 July 2024). "2023 redistribution". Elections ACT. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
4. "Casual vacancies in the ninth Legislative Assembly (2016-2020)". www.elections.act.gov.au. Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
5. "2024 Results for Electorate". Elections ACT. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

External links

• ACT Electoral Commission