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Canberra
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Canberra (green) in ACTCreated: 1974 MP: Gai Brodtmann Party: Labor Namesake: Canberra Area: 1,921 km² (742 sq mi) Demographic: Inner Metropolitan The Division of Canberra is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory. The division was created in 1974 from the southern half of the old Division of Australian Capital Territory. It is named for the city of Canberra, Australia's national capital, and includes the districts of Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Woden Valley, along with the rest of the ACT south of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin. For most of its history it has been a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but it has been won by the Liberal Party three times, most recently at a 1995 by-election.
Members
Member Party Term Kep Enderby Labor 1974–1975 John Haslem Liberal 1975–1980 Ros Kelly Labor 1980–1995 Brendan Smyth Liberal 1995–1996 Bob McMullan Labor 1996–1998 Annette Ellis Labor 1998–2010 Gai Brodtmann Labor 2010–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of CanberraAustralian federal election, 2010: Canberra Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor Gai Brodtmann 49,608 44.23 -6.87 Liberal Giulia Jones 41,732 37.21 +2.08 Greens Sue Ellerman 20,816 18.56 +5.61 Total formal votes 112,156 95.12 -2.62 Informal votes 5,755 4.88 +2.62 Turnout 117,911 94.92 -1.09 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Gai Brodtmann 66,335 59.15 -2.67 Liberal Giulia Jones 45,821 40.85 +2.67 Labor hold Swing -2.67 References
Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian Capital and Northern Territories ACT: Canberra · Fraser (also covers Jervis Bay Territory) · NT: Lingiari (also covers Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) · Solomon
Abolished: Australian Capital Territory · Namadgi · Northern Territory
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern Territories Categories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
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