Kurrajong electorate

Kurrajong Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kurrajong (dark green) in the ACT
Territory	Australian Capital Territory
Created	2016
Electors	59,010 (2016)
Area	297 km² (114.7 sq mi)
Coordinates	35°18′29″S 149°14′5″E / 35.30806°S 149.23472°E / -35.30806; 149.23472Coordinates: 35°18′29″S 149°14′5″E / 35.30806°S 149.23472°E / -35.30806; 149.23472

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), replacing the previous three-electorate, 17-member system. The electorate is named after the Kurrajong tree (Brachychiton populneus), and also Kurrajong Hill, the name early settlers used for Capital Hill, the location of Parliament House.^[1]

The Kurrajong electorate consists of the districts of Canberra Central, Jerrabomberra, Kowen and Majura.

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
2016		Andrew Barr	Labor		Rachel Stephen-Smith	Labor		Shane Rattenbury	Greens		Elizabeth Lee	Liberal		Steve Doszpot	Liberal

Electorates of the Australian Capital Territory
Current	Brindabella Ginninderra Kurrajong Murrumbidgee Yerrabi
Abolished	Molonglo

Government of the Australian Capital Territory
Executive	Chief Minister Deputy Chief Minister Treasurer Attorney-General Minister for Health
Legislative	Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Electorates Opposition Leader MLAs
Judicial	Supreme Court Magistrates Court Coroner's Court

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