The Kurrajong electorate is one of the five
electorates for the
unicameral
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25-member
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building on Civic Sq ...
. 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
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(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
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'', meaning "shade tree", and also Kurrajong Hill, the name early settlers used for
Capital Hill, the location of
Parliament House.
Location
The Kurrajong electorate currently comprises the majority of the district of
Canberra Central
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, including the suburbs of
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* Mount Acton
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Canada ...
,
Ainslie,
Barton,
Braddon,
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,
Civic
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,
Dickson,
Downer,
Forrest,
Griffith
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* Mount Griffith, Ross Dependency
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,
Hackett,
Kingston,
Lyneham,
Narrabundah,
O'Connor,
Red Hill,
Reid
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,
Turner
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,
Watson, and the entirety of the
Jerrabomberra
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,
Kowen
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and
Majura districts including the suburbs of
Beard
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Throughout the course of history, societal at ...
,
Hume,
Oaks Estate
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,
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
The Murrumbidgee 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
Murrumbidgee was created in 2016, when the five ...
.
Members
1 Steve Doszpot (Liberal) died on 25 November 2017.
Candice Burch (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 13 December 2017.
See also
*
Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission
The Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission, branded Elections ACT, is the agency of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory with responsibility for the conduct of elections and referendums for the unicameral ACT Legislative ...
*
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building on Civic Sq ...
References
External links
ACT Electoral Commission
{{Government of the Australian Capital Territory
Electorates of the Australian Capital Territory