The Molonglo electorate was one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly between 1995 and 2016. It had seven seats, and was the largest of the three electorates in terms of population.
The Molonglo electorate was one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly between 1995 and 2016. It had seven seats, and was the largest of the three electorates in terms of population.
Molonglo 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 "Molonglo" is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "like the sound of thunder". It is the name of the river that flows through the central electorate, which was dammed to form Lake Burley Griffin, one of the focal points of Canberra and of the central electorate. [1]
The Molonglo electorate consisted of the town centres of North Canberra, South Canberra, Weston Creek, and Woden (except for the suburbs of Chifley, Pearce and Torrens), and Gungahlin (except for the suburb of Nicholls). It also includes the parts of the ACT to the north and east of Canberra. Its western boundary was the Murrumbidgee River.
Molonglo was abolished in 2016, with its constituents transferred between each of three new electorates: Kurrajong, and parts of Murrumbidgee and Yerrabi.
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Rosemary Follett | Labor | Terry Connolly | Labor | Michael Moore | Independent | Kerrie Tucker | Greens | Kate Carnell | Liberal | Gary Humphries | Liberal | Greg Cornwell | Liberal | |||||||
| 19961,2 | Simon Corbell | Labor | Marion Reilly | Labor | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Ted Quinlan | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20013 | Jacqui Burke | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Katy Gallagher | Labor | Helen Cross | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||
| 20034,5 | Independent | Jacqui Burke | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Deb Foskey | Greens | Richard Mulcahy | Liberal | Zed Seselja | Liberal | |||||||||||||||
| 20066 | Andrew Barr | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20077 | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Shane Rattenbury | Greens | Caroline Le Couteur | Greens | Jeremy Hanson | Liberal | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Steve Doszpot | Liberal | Giulia Jones | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||
| 20158 | Meegan Fitzharris | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 11,442 | ||||
| Labor | Katy Gallagher (elected 1) | 23,996 | 26.2 | +10.4 | |
| Labor | Andrew Barr (elected 3) | 3,880 | 4.2 | −2.0 | |
| Labor | Meegan Fitzharris | 2,626 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Labor | Simon Corbell (elected 4) | 1,909 | 2.1 | −3.1 | |
| Labor | Mark Kulasingham | 1,749 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Labor | David Mathews | 1,408 | 1.5 | −0.8 | |
| Labor | Angie Drake | 1,404 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal | Jeremy Hanson (elected 2) | 10,235 | 11.2 | +7.5 | |
| Liberal | Giulia Jones (elected 6) | 5,754 | 6.3 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal | Steve Doszpot (elected 7) | 5,245 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
| Liberal | Elizabeth Lee | 4,459 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal | Tom Sefton | 3,834 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal | James Milligan | 2,984 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal | Murray Gordon | 1,750 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Greens | Shane Rattenbury (elected 5) | 4,966 | 5.4 | −5.4 | |
| Greens | Caroline Le Couteur | 4,531 | 5.0 | +1.2 | |
| Greens | Adriana Siddle | 1,395 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Greens | Alan Kerlin | 1,173 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Bullet Train | Tim Bohm | 2,218 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Bullet Train | Shelley Dickerson | 1,893 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Motorist | David Cumbers | 975 | 1.1 | +0.5 | |
| Motorist | Mark Curran | 922 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Gardner | 610 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trisha Jha | 517 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | Philip Pocock | 651 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Stuart Biggs | 450 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 91,534 | 97.1 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,753 | 2.9 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 94,287 | 87.1 | −1.0 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 36,972 | 40.4 | +4.3 | ||
| Liberal | 34,261 | 37.4 | +5.9 | ||
| Greens | 12,065 | 13.2 | −5.0 | ||
| Bullet Train | 4,111 | 4.5 | +4.5 | ||
| Motorist | 1,897 | 2.1 | –0.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1,127 | 1.2 | +0.3 | ||
| Independent | Philip Pocock | 651 | 0.7 | +0.9 | |
| Stuart Biggs | 450 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
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