The Division of Fenner is an Australian Electoral Division in the

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and the

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. As of the 2018 redistribution, it includes

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and the part of

Belconnen The District of Belconnen () is one of the original eighteen districts of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), used in land administration. The district is subdivided into 27 divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. The district of Belconn ...

north of

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and west of Eastern Valley Way, Aikman Drive and William Slim Drive (the suburbs of Belconnen, Charnwood, Dunlop, Evatt, Florey, Flynn,

Fraser Fraser may refer to: Places Antarctica * Fraser Point, South Orkney Islands Australia * Fraser, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen * Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory), a former federal e ...

, Higgins,

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, Latham,

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, Melba,

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, Scullin, Spence and

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). It also includes the Jervis Bay Territory.

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the

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. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state or territory, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state or territory's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state or territory are malapportioned.

History

Fenner replaced the abolished Division of Fraser from 2016. Fraser was always a safe seat for the

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. The Australian Electoral Commission decided that, with effect from the 2016 election, the former Division of Fraser would be changed to the Division of Fenner, to honour scientist

Frank Fenner Frank John Fenner (21 December 1914 – 22 November 2010) was an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focus ...

. The name change was due to plans by the AEC to name a seat in Victoria after former prime minister

Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Fraser was raised on hi ...

. The proposed name change met with opposition from a number of ACT residents. For instance, former ACT Chief Minister

Jon Stanhope Jonathan Donald Stanhope (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assemb ...

said that the name change "traduces" the legacy of Jim Fraser, the MP for

Division of Australian Capital Territory The Division of Australian Capital Territory was an Australian electoral division in the Territory of the same name. The division was created in 1949 and included the whole of the city of Canberra and surrounding rural areas. Prior to 1949, t ...

from 1951 to 1970 and a man "close to the heart of Canberrans." He also claimed that Fenner himself would have objected to the proposal. Fenner originally included the land in the ACT north of the

Molonglo River The Molonglo River, a perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro and Capital Country regions of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia. ...

and

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, including the districts of

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, except

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, Acton,

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south of

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and east of

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, Braddon south of Haig Park, Reid, Campbell and Pialligo. At the 2018 redistribution, it lost all of its territory in North Canberra, the rural districts of Majura and

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and the Belconnen suburbs of Aranda, Bruce,

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, Giralang, Hawker, Kaleen,

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and Weetangera to

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Members

Election results

References

External links

Division of Fenner – Australian Electoral Commission
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fenner, Division of Electoral divisions of Australia Constituencies established in 2016 2016 establishments in Australia