Division of Canberra

The Division of Canberra is an Australian electoral division in the Australian Capital Territory. It was created in 1974 from the old Division of Australian Capital Territory. It is named for the city of Canberra, which is Australia's national capital. It includes the areas of Tuggeranong, Fyshwick, Weston Creek and Woden Valley, along with the rest of the ACT south of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin. It also includes people living on Norfolk Island.

Canberra Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1974
MP	Alicia Payne
Party	Labor
Namesake	Canberra
Electors	124,294 (2010)
Area	1,921 km2 (741.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

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

2022 Australian federal election: Canberra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alicia Payne	41,435	44.88	+4.38
	Greens	Tim Hollo	22,795	24.69	+1.38
	Liberal	Slade Minson	20,102	21.77	−6.08
	Independent	Tim Bohm	4,772	5.17	+0.47
	United Australia	Catherine Smith	1,687	1.83	+0.25
	One Nation	James Miles	1,531	1.66	+1.66
Total formal votes			92,322	98.23	+0.39
Informal votes			1,668	1.77	−0.39
Turnout			93,990	92.08	−0.54
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Alicia Payne	66,898	72.46	+5.38
	Liberal	Slade Minson	25,424	27.54	−5.38
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Alicia Payne	57,421	62.20	−4.89
	Greens	Tim Hollo	34,901	37.80	+37.80
	Labor hold		Swing	–4.89

Other websites

• Division of Canberra – Australian Electoral Commission
• Gai Brodtmann's web site Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine