Created 1974 Electors 143,279 (2016) Founded 1974 Member of parliament Gai Brodtmann Namesake Canberra | MP Gai Brodtmann Demographic Inner Metropolitan Area 1,921 km² Elector 143,279 Party Australian Labor Party | |
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The Division of Canberra is an Australian electoral division in the Australian Capital Territory. The division was created in redistibution of 19 April 1974 of the former 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. Civic, Acton, Turner (south of Haig Park), Braddon (south of Haig Park), Reid, Campbell and Pialligo are also in Canberra. 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 twice, most recently at a 1995 by-election. As of 1 July 2016, the division includes Norfolk Island.