The Kurrajong electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elected five members at the 2016 ACT election.
History Kurrajong was created in 2016, when the five-electorate, 25-member Hare-Clark electoral system was first introduced for the Australian Capital Territory (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 (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, Dickson, Downer, Griffith, Hackett, Kingston, Lyneham, Narrabundah, O'Connor, Reid, Turner, Watson, and the entirety of the Jerrabomberra, Kowen and Majura districts including the suburbs of Beard, Hume, Oaks Estate, Pialligo and Symonston.
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. In 2023, a further boundary redistribution also transferred the suburbs of Forrest and Red Hill to the Murrumbidgee electorate.
Members
YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty2016Andrew BarrLaborRachel Stephen-SmithLaborShane RattenburyGreensSteve DoszpotLiberalElizabeth LeeLiberal20171Candice BurchLiberal2020Rebecca VassarottiGreens2024Thomas EmersonIndependents for Canberra2025Independent2026 Rebecca Vassarotti Greens 1 Steve Doszpot (Liberal) died on 25 November 2017. Candice Burch (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 13 December 2017.
Election results
See also Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
References
External links ACT Electoral Commission