Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
The Division of Canberra was created in 1974. It is named for the City of Canberra, an Indigenous word possibly meaning "meeting place."
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1974: Kambah, Tuggeranong, Woden
1984: Tharwa, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek, Woden Valley
1993: Tharwa, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek, Woden Valley
1996: North Canberra, South Canberra, Weston Creek, Woden
1998: Tharwa, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek, Woden Valley
2001: Tharwa, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek, Woden Valley
2007: Tharwa, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek, Woden Valley
2016: Tharwa, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek, Woden Valley
2019: Aranda, Canberra Central, Downer, Narrabundah
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1974: Labor 07.1
1975: Liberal 03.3
1977: Liberal 01.0
1980: Labor 05.7
1983: Labor 13.9
1984: Labor 11.6
1987: Labor 12.0
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1990: Labor 05.8
1993: Labor 09.6
1995b: Liberal 06.6
1996: Labor 07.5
1998: Labor 10.1
2001: Labor 09.3
2004: Labor 09.6
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2007: Labor 11.8
2010: Labor 09.2
2013: Labor 07.0
2016: Labor 08.5
2019: Labor 17.1
2022: Labor 12.2 *
2025: Labor 19.5 *
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* Majority over Greens
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1974-2025
Click here to see full results for Canberra at every election since 1974.
MEMBERS FOR CANBERRA
Hon Keppel Enderby (ALP) 1974-75
John Haslem (Lib) 1975-80
Hon Ros Kelly (ALP) 1980-95
Brendan Smyth (Lib) 1995b-96
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Hon Bob McMullan (ALP) 1996-98
Annette Ellis (ALP) 1998-2010
Gai Brodtmann (ALP) 2010-19
Alicia Payne (ALP) 2019-
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| Hon Kep Enderby (ALP) 1974-75 |
John Haslem (Lib) 1975-80 |
Hon Ros Kelly (ALP) 1980-95 |
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| Brendan Smyth (Lib) 1995-96 |
Hon Bob McMullan (ALP) 1996-98 |
Annette Ellis (ALP) 1998-2010 |
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| Gai Brodtmann (ALP) 2010-19 |
Alicia Payne (ALP) 2019- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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