The Ginninderra electorate is one of the five electorates for the

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25-member

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. It elects five members.

History

It was created in 1995, when the three-electorate, Hare-Clark electoral system was first introduced for the

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(ACT). Prior to 1995, a multi-member single constituency existed for the whole of the ACT. The name "Ginninderra" is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "sparkling like the stars". It is the name given to the creek that flows through the middle of

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, which was dammed to form Lake Ginninderra, the lake on which the Belconnen Town Centre is sited.

Location

The Ginninderra electorate comprises the southern part of the district of

, including the suburbs of Aranda,

, Bruce, Charnwood,

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, Dunlop, Evatt, Florey,

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, Hawker, Higgins, Holt, Latham, Lawson, Macgregor, Macnamara, Macquarie, Melba, McKellar,

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, Scullin, Spence, Strathnairn and Weetangera. Two Belconnen suburbs, Giralang and

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are part of Yerrabi. From 1995 to 2001 it contained the

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districts of

and

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. After the 2001 redistribution the

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suburb of Nicholls was moved to the electorate. The 2008 redistribution made no changes to the boundaries of the electorate. In the 2012 redistribution the Gungahlin suburbs of Crace and Palmerston were moved from Molonglo into Ginninderra. In the 2016 redistribution, all three Gungahlin suburbs, the village of

, and the Belconnen suburbs of Evatt, Giralang,

, Lawson and McKellar were transferred into the new

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. At the 2020 redistribution, the suburbs of Evatt, Lawson and McKellar were transferred back into Ginninderra.

Members

:¹ Jon Stanhope (Labor) resigned from the Assembly on 16 May 2011. Chris Bourke (Labor) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 30 May 2011. :² Mary Porter (Labor) resigned from the Assembly on 19 February 2016. Jayson Hinder (Labor) was elected as her replacement on a countback on 7 March 2016. :³ Elizabeth Kikkert was expelled from the

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party room on 10 September 2024 after being disendorsed as a candidate for the 2024 election. She subsequently joined the

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on 24 September 2024.

Election results

References

External links

ACT Electoral Commission

ACT Legislative Assembly - List of Members (1989 - 2008)
{{Government of the Australian Capital Territory Electorates of the Australian Capital Territory