From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Molonglo electorate

Electorate of the Australian Capital Territory

Summary

Electorate of the Australian Capital Territory

Field	Value
name	Molonglo
state	act
image	Molonglo electorate ACT.png
caption	Location of the electorate in the Canberra region
created	1995
abolished	2016
namesake	Molonglo River
electors	108,194
electors_year	2012
electors_footnotes
near-n	*Goulburn
(NSW)*
near-ne	*Monaro
(NSW)*
near-e	*Monaro
(NSW)*
near-se	*Monaro
(NSW)*
near-s	Brindabella
near-sw	Brindabella
near-w	Ginninderra
near-nw	*Goulburn
(NSW)*

The Molonglo electorate was one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly between 1995 and 2016. It had seven seats, and was the largest of the three electorates in terms of population.

History

Molonglo 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 "Molonglo" is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "like the sound of thunder". It is the name of the river that flows through the central electorate, which was dammed to form Lake Burley Griffin, one of the focal points of Canberra and of the central electorate.{{cite web |url-status = dead

Location

The Molonglo electorate consisted of the town centres of North Canberra, South Canberra, Weston Creek, and Woden (except for the suburbs of Chifley, Pearce and Torrens), and Gungahlin (except for the suburb of Nicholls). It also includes the parts of the ACT to the north and east of Canberra. Its western boundary was the Murrumbidgee River.

Molonglo was abolished in 2016, with its constituents transferred between each of three new electorates: Kurrajong, and parts of Murrumbidgee and Yerrabi.

Members

Year	Member	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Member	Party	Member
1995		Rosemary Follett	Labor			Terry Connolly	Labor	Independent}}	Michael Moore	Independent	Greens}}	Kerrie Tucker	Greens	Liberal}}	Kate Carnell
19961,2	Labor}}	Simon Corbell	Labor			Marion Reilly	Labor
1998	Labor}}	Ted Quinlan	Labor
20013		Jacqui Burke	Liberal
2001	Labor}}	Katy Gallagher	Labor			Helen Cross	Liberal
20034,5		Independent	Liberal}}		Jacqui Burke	Liberal
2004	Greens}}	Deb Foskey	Greens	Liberal}}		Richard Mulcahy	Liberal	Liberal}}	Zed Seselja	Liberal
20066	Labor}}	Andrew Barr	Labor
20077		Independent
2008	Greens}}	Shane Rattenbury	Greens			Caroline Le Couteur	Greens	Liberal}}	Jeremy Hanson	Liberal
2012	Liberal}}	Steve Doszpot	Liberal	Liberal}}		Giulia Jones	Liberal
20158		Meegan Fitzharris	Labor

:1 Rosemary Follett (Labor) resigned on 12 December 1996. Simon Corbell (Labor) was elected as her replacement on a countback and was sworn in on 18 February 1997.{{cite web |url-status = dead :2 Terry Connolly (Labor) resigned on 19 February 1996. Marion Reilly (Labor) was elected as his replacement on a countback and was sworn in on 26 March 1996. :3 Kate Carnell (Liberal) resigned on 17 October 2000. Jacqui Burke (Liberal) was elected as her replacement on a countback and sworn in on 13 February 2001. :4 Gary Humphries (Liberal) resigned on 25 November 2002 to take up the position in the Australian Senate that had been vacated by Margaret Reid. Jacqui Burke (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on a countback and sworn in on 18 February 2003. :5 Helen Cross resigned from the Liberal Party on 23 September 2003 and remained in the Assembly as an independent. :6 Ted Quinlan (Labor) resigned on 21 March 2006. Andrew Barr (Labor) was elected as his replacement on a countback on 3 April 2006. :7 Richard Mulcahy was expelled from the Liberal Party Room and subsequently resigned from the Liberal Party on 10 December 2007. Mulcahy indicated he would continue to sit as an Independent. :8 Katy Gallagher resigned from the ACT Legislative Assembly on 23 December 2014 to take up a position in the Australian Senate. Meegan Fitzharris was elected as her replacement on a countback on 15 January 2015.{{cite web

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for Molonglo electorate

References

"2012 election results by electorate and by party". ACT Electoral Commission Officers of the ACT Legislative Assembly.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

former-electorates-of-the-australian-capital-territory constituencies-disestablished-in-2016

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Molonglo electorate — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report