The Murrumbidgee electorate is one of the five electorates for the

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25-member

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. It elected five members at the 2016 ACT election.

History

Murrumbidgee was created in 2016, when the five-electorate, 25-member Hare-Clark electoral system was first introduced for the

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(ACT) Legislative Assembly, replacing the previous three-electorate, 17-member system. The electorate is named after the

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which flows through the electorate, with the word "Murrumbidgee" meaning "big water" in the Aboriginal

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Location

The Murrumbidgee electorate consists of the

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suburbs of Chifley, Curtin,

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, Garran,

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, O'Malley, Pearce, Phillip, Torrens, the Weston Creek suburbs of

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, Holder,

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, Waramanga,

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, the Molonglo Valley suburbs of Coombs,

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, Whitlam and

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, the South Canberra suburbs of Deakin and Yarralumla, and the eastern portion of the

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suburb of Kambah. On the original boundaries contested in 2016 Murrumbidgee included the entire suburb of Kambah. However the boundary redistribution conducted in 2019 transferred the western portion of Kambah to the

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in exchange for gaining the suburbs of Deakin and Yarralumla from the

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Members

Giulia Jones Giulia Jones (born 1980) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Murrumbidgee for the Liberal Party from 2012 until her resignation in 2022. Jones wa ...

(Liberal) resigned on 2 June 2022. Ed Cocks (Liberal) was elected as her replacement on countback on 20 June 2022

References

{{Government of the Australian Capital Territory Electorates of the Australian Capital Territory

History

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Members

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