# Kurrajong electorate

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

| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 2016 | Andrew Barr | Labor | Rachel Stephen-Smith | Labor | Shane Rattenbury | Greens | Steve Doszpot | Liberal | Elizabeth Lee | Liberal |
| 2017$^1$ | Andrew Barr | Labor | Rachel Stephen-Smith | Labor | Shane Rattenbury | Greens | Candice Burch | Liberal | Elizabeth Lee | Liberal |
| 2020 | Andrew Barr | Labor | Rachel Stephen-Smith | Labor | Shane Rattenbury | Greens | Rebecca Vassarotti | Greens | Elizabeth Lee | Liberal |
| 2024 | Andrew Barr | Labor | Rachel Stephen-Smith | Labor | Shane Rattenbury | Greens | Thomas Emerson | Independents for Canberra | Elizabeth Lee | Liberal |
$^1$ 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

2020 Australian Capital Territory election: Kurrajong :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 8,434 | | |
| | Labor | Andrew Barr (elected 1) | 11,148 | 22.0 | +0.7 |
| | Labor | Rachel Stephen-Smith (elected 3) | 2,786 | 5.5 | −0.2 |
| | Labor | Maddy Northam | 2,172 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| | Labor | Jacob Ingram | 1,736 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| | Labor | Judy Anderson | 1,371 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal | Elizabeth Lee (elected 4) | 5,040 | 10.0 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal | Candice Burch | 3,978 | 7.9 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal | Patrick Pentony | 2,384 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal | Robert Johnson | 1,628 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal | Rattesh Gumber | 929 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Greens | Shane Rattenbury (elected 2) | 6,388 | 12.6 | −0.3 |
| | Greens | Rebecca Vassarotti (elected 5) | 3,093 | 6.1 | +2.7 |
| | Greens | Adriana Boisen | 1,250 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| | Greens | Michael Brewer | 904 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Progressives | Tim Bohm | 1,173 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Progressives | Therese Faulkner | 901 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Progressives | Peta Anne Bryant | 472 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Sustainable Australia | Joy Angel | 435 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Sustainable Australia | John Haydon | 365 | 0.7 | +0.0 |
| | Animal Justice | Julie Smith | 447 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Animal Justice | Serrin Rutledge-Prior | 343 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | Bruce Paine | 693 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Climate Change Justice | Sophia Forner | 209 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Climate Change Justice | Alix O'Hara | 195 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Climate Change Justice | Petar Johnson | 156 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Marilena Damiano | 221 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Community Action | Alvin Hopper | 108 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Community Action | Robyn Williams | 75 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 50,600 | 98.9 | +1.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 577 | 1.1 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,177 | 86.1 | +1.5 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | Labor | 19,213 | 38.0 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal | Liberal | 13,959 | 27.6 | −3.4 |
| | Greens | Greens | 11,635 | 23.0 | +4.2 |
| | Progressives | Progressives | 2,546 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| | Sustainable Australia | Sustainable Australia | 800 | 1.6 | +0.3 |
| | Animal Justice | Animal Justice | 790 | 1.6 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Bruce Paine | 693 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Climate Change Justice | Climate Change Justice | 560 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Independent | Marilena Damiano | 221 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Community Action | Community Action | 183 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | –0.2 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |
| | Greens hold | Greens hold | Swing | –0.3 | |
| | Greens gain from Liberal | Greens gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.7 | |