Ginninderra electorate

Ginninderra
Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
Ginninderra; Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
Territory	Australian Capital Territory
Created	1995
Electors	63,188 (2020)
Area	105 km2 (40.5 sq mi)
Federal electorate(s)	Fenner
Coordinates	35°13′41″S 149°2′17″E / 35.22806°S 149.03806°E
	Electorates around Ginninderra:

The Ginninderra electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elects five members.

History

It was created in 1995, when the three-electorate, Hare-Clark electoral system was first introduced for the Australian Capital Territory (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 Belconnen, which was dammed to form Lake Ginninderra, the lake on which the Belconnen Town Centre is sited.^[1]

Location

The Ginninderra electorate comprises the southern part of the district of Belconnen, including the suburbs of Aranda, Belconnen, Bruce, Charnwood, Cook, Dunlop, Evatt, Florey, Flynn, Fraser, Hawker, Higgins, Holt, Latham, Lawson, Macgregor, Macnamara, Macquarie, Melba, McKellar, Page, Scullin, Spence, Strathnairn and Weetangera.

Two Belconnen suburbs, Giralang and Kaleen are part of Yerrabi.

From 1995 to 2001 it contained the Canberra districts of Belconnen and Hall.^[2] After the 2001 redistribution the Gungahlin suburb of Nicholls was moved to the electorate.^[3] The 2008 redistribution made no changes to the boundaries of the electorate.^[4]

In the 2012 redistribution the Gungahlin suburbs of Crace and Palmerston were moved from Molonglo into Ginninderra. ^[5]

In the 2016 redistribution, all three Gungahlin suburbs, the village of Hall, and the Belconnen suburbs of Evatt, Giralang, Kaleen, Lawson and McKellar were transferred into the new Yerrabi electorate.^[6] At the 2020 redistribution, the suburbs of Evatt, Lawson and McKellar were transferred back into Ginninderra.^[7]

Members

Year		Party		Party		Party		Party		Party
1995	Roberta McRae	Labor	Wayne Berry	Labor	Lucy Horodny	Greens	Harold Hird	Liberal	Bill Stefaniak	Liberal
1998	Jon Stanhope	Labor			Dave Rugendyke	Independent	Harold Hird	Liberal
2001					Roslyn Dundas	Democrats	Vicki Dunne	Liberal
2004					Mary Porter	Labor
2008			Meredith Hunter	Greens					Alistair Coe	Liberal
2011¹	Chris Bourke	Labor	Meredith Hunter	Greens
2012			Yvette Berry	Labor
2016²					Jayson Hinder	Labor
2016	Tara Cheyne	Labor			Gordon Ramsay	Labor			Elizabeth Kikkert	Liberal
2020					Jo Clay	Greens	Peter Cain	Liberal		Liberal
2024³					Jo Clay	Greens	Peter Cain	Liberal		Independent

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

³ Elizabeth Kikkert was expelled from the Canberra Liberals party room on 10 September 2024 after being disendorsed as a candidate for the 2024 election.^[10]

Election results

2020 Australian Capital Territory general election: Ginninderra^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			9,338
	Labor	Yvette Berry (elected 1)	8,756	15.6	+5.5
	Labor	Tara Cheyne (elected 3)	6,306	11.3	+3.0
	Labor	Gordon Ramsay	4,783	8.5	+0.2
	Labor	Sue Ducker	1,288	2.3	+2.3
	Labor	Greg Lloyd	1,276	2.3	+2.3
	Liberal	Elizabeth Kikkert (elected 2)	5,222	9.3	+2.6
	Liberal	Peter Cain (elected 5)	3,069	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal	Robert Gunning	2,822	5.0	+5.0
	Liberal	Kacey Lam	2,256	4.0	+4.0
	Liberal	Ignatius Rozario	1,608	2.9	−0.7
	Greens	Jo Clay (elected 4)	3,495	6.2	+6.2
	Greens	Katt Millner	2,242	4.0	+4.0
	Greens	Tim Liersch	1,269	2.3	+2.3
	Belco	Bill Stefaniak	2,214	4.0	+4.0
	Belco	Chic Henry	1,517	2.7	+2.7
	Belco	Alan Tutt	626	1.1	+1.1
	Belco	Angela Lount	493	0.9	+0.9
	Belco	Vijay Dubey	414	0.7	+0.7
	Democratic Labour	Helen McClure	724	1.3	+1.3
	Democratic Labour	Ian McClure	623	1.1	+1.1
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Matthew Ogilvie	676	1.2	+1.2
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Oliver Smith	614	1.1	+1.1
	Sustainable Australia	Mark O'Connor	579	1.0	+1.0
	Sustainable Australia	Paul Gabriel	408	0.7	+0.7
	Animal Justice	Lara Drew	541	1.0	+1.0
	Animal Justice	Carolyne Drew	418	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Mignonne Cullen	704	1.3	+1.3
	Climate Change Justice	Jonathan Stavridis	215	0.4	+0.4
	Climate Change Justice	Sok Kheng Ngep	203	0.4	+0.4
	Climate Change Justice	Oksana Demetrios	200	0.4	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Jakeman	258	0.5	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic De Luca	206	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			56,025	98.5	+1.3
Informal votes			865	1.5	−1.3
Turnout			56,890	89.1	+0.2
Party total votes
	Labor		22,409	40.0	−1.4
	Liberal		14,977	26.7	−5.3
	Greens		7,006	12.5	+0.8
	Belco		5,264	9.4	+9.4
	Democratic Labour		1,347	2.4	+2.4
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		1,290	2.3	+2.3
	Sustainable Australia		987	2.3	+2.3
	Animal Justice		959	1.7	+0.8
	Independent	Mignonne Cullen	704	1.3	+1.3
	Climate Change Justice		618	1.1	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats		464	0.8	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.5
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	+6.2