The Division of Fenner is an Australian Electoral Division in the

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and the Jervis Bay Territory. As of the 2018 redistribution, it includes Gungahlin and the part of

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

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, Higgins, Holt, Latham, Macgregor, Macnamara, McKellar, Melba,

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, Scullin, Spence and Strathnairn). It also includes the Jervis Bay Territory.

Geography

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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. 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. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and is the fourth List of ...

. The proposed name change met with opposition from a number of ACT residents. For instance, former ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said that the name change "traduces" the legacy of Jim Fraser, the MP for Division of Australian Capital Territory 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 and Lake Burley Griffin, including the districts of

, Gungahlin,

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, except

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, Acton,

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south of Haig Park and east of Sullivans Creek, 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 Kowen and the Belconnen suburbs of Aranda, Bruce, Cook, Giralang, Hawker, Kaleen, Lawson, Macquarie 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 Electoral divisions of Australia in the Australian Capital Territory Constituencies established in 2016 2016 establishments in Australia