Yerrabi electorate explained

The Yerrabi electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elected five members at the 2016 ACT election.

History

Yerrabi was created in 2016, when the five-electorate, 25-member Hare-Clark electoral system was first introduced for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly, replacing the previous three-electorate, 17-member system. The word "Yerrabi" is derived from a word in the Ngunnawal language meaning "go", "walk" or "to leave",^[1] and shares its name with Yerrabi Pond in Amaroo which is one of the main water features in the Gungahlin district.

Location

The Yerrabi electorate comprises the entire district of Gungahlin, including the suburbs of Amaroo, Bonner, Casey, Crace, Forde, Franklin, Gungahlin, Harrison, Jacka, Moncrieff, Ngunnawal, Nicholls, Palmerston, Taylor, Throsby, the Belconnen district suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen and the Township of Hall.

When created in 2016 the Yerrabi electorate additionally included the Belconnen suburbs of Evatt, Lawson and McKellar, however following the 2019 electoral redistribution, these suburbs were transferred to the Ginninderra electorate for the 2020 ACT election,^[2] making Yerrabi the smallest ACT electorate with an area of 99 km².

Members

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
2016		Michael Pettersson	Labor		Suzanne Orr	Labor		Meegan Fitzharris	Labor		James Milligan	Liberal		Alistair Coe	Liberal
20191	Deepak-Raj Gupta			Labor
2020				Andrew Braddock			Greens	Leanne Castley	Liberal
20212	James Milligan									Liberal
2024

¹Meegan Fitzharris (Labor) resigned on 8 July 2019. Deepak-Raj Gupta (Labor) was elected as her replacement on countback on 23 July 2019^[3]
2Alistair Coe (Liberal) resigned on 12 March 2021. James Milligan (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on countback on 26 March 2021^[4]

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for Yerrabi electorate.

See also

• Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission
• Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

External links

• ACT Electoral Commission

Notes and References

1. Web site: Electorates 2016 election. Elections ACT. 16 September 2016.
2. Web site: Electorates 2020 election . Elections ACT . 21 June 2020.
3. Web site: Casual vacancies in the ninth Legislative Assembly (2016-2020). 2019-07-22. www.elections.act.gov.au. Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission. en. 2021-04-02.
4. Web site: Casual vacancies in the tenth Legislative Assembly (2020-2024). 2021-03-26. www.elections.act.gov.au. Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission. en. 2021-04-02.