Created 1995 Area 86 km² Elector 54,585 (2016) | Electors 54,585 (2016) Date formed 1995 | |
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Territory Australian Capital Territory | ||
The Ginninderra electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elects five members, and is the smallest of the electorates in geographic area.
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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.
Location
The Ginninderra electorate comprises the southern part of the district of Belconnen, including the suburbs of Aranda, Belconnen, Bruce, Charnwood, Cook, Dunlop, Florey, Flynn, Fraser, Hawker, Higgins, Holt, Latham, Macgregor, Macquarie, Melba, Page, Scullin, Spence, and Weetangera.
Prior to the redistribution in 2015, Ginninderra also included the north Belconnen suburbs of Evatt, Giralang, Kaleen, Lawson, and McKellar; as well as the Gungahlin district suburbs of Crace, Nicholls and Palmerston; and the village of Hall. These localities were transferred to the new Yerrabi electorate.