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
A general election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday, 15 October 2016.
The 15-year incumbent Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr, won a fifth term over the main opposition Liberal Part ...
.
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, including the suburbs of
Acton,
Ainslie,
Barton,
Braddon,
Campbell,
Civic
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,
Dickson,
Downer,
Forrest,
Griffith,
Hackett,
Kingston,
Lyneham,
Narrabundah
Narrabundah () (postcode: 2604) is a leafy, medium density suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, located in the inner south of the city.
Narrabundah is an established garden suburb, valued for its equal proximity to both Civic and t ...
,
O'Connor,
Red Hill,
Reid,
Turner
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,
Watson
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* A.S. Watson Group, retail division of Hutchison Whampoa
* Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM research center
* Watson Systems, make ...
, and the entirety of the
Jerrabomberra
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,
Kowen and
Majura districts including the suburbs of
Beard
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Hume
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* David Hume (1711–1776), Scottish philosopher
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* Hume (surname)
* Hume (given name)
* James Hume Nisbet (1849–1923), Scottish-born novelist and artist
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* Hume, ...
,
Oaks Estate,
Pialligo and
Symonston
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.
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.
Members
1 Steve Doszpot
Steven John Doszpot (23 September 1948 – 25 November 2017) was an Australian politician and member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2017. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the electorate of ...
(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 Legislati ...
*
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