Division of Canberra

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Canberra Australian House of Representatives Division
Canberra, shown within ACT
State or territory:	Australian Capital Territory
Created:	1974
MP:	Annette Ellis
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Canberra
Electors:	122,401
Area:	1,921 km² (741.7 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Canberra is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory. The division was created in 1974 from the southern half of the old 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. 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 several times, most recently at a 1995 by-election.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Kep Enderby	Labor	1974—1975
	John Haslem	Liberal	1975—1980
	Ros Kelly	Labor	1980—1995
	Brendan Smyth	Liberal	1995—1996
	Bob McMullan	Labor	1996—1998
	Annette Ellis	Labor	1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Canberra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Annette Ellis	58,711	51.10	+1.17
	Liberal	Natalie Colbert	40,359	35.13	-1.56
	Greens	Amanda Bresnan	14,878	12.95	+2.65
	Citizens Electoral Council	John Holder	953	0.83	+0.13
Total formal votes			114,901	97.74	+1.11
Informal votes			2,660	2.26	-1.11
Turnout			117,561	96.05	+0.91
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Annette Ellis	71,030	61.82	+1.91
	Liberal	Natalie Colbert	43,871	38.18	-1.91
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.91

Australian federal election, 2004: Canberra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Annette Ellis	50,214	49.88	+3.40
	Liberal	Belinda Barnier	37,238	36.99	+2.95
	Greens	Sue Ellerman	10,243	10.17	+3.92
	Democrats	Aaron Matthews	2,218	2.20	-5.87
	Citizens Electoral Council	Jim Arnold	765	0.76	+0.76
Total formal votes			100,678	96.60	+0.01
Informal votes			3,544	3.40	-0.01
Turnout			104,222	95.20	-0.13
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Annette Ellis	60,029	59.44	+0.18
	Liberal	Belinda Barnier	40,649	40.38	-0.18
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.18

Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in the Territories
Australian Capital Territory Canberra  · Fraser (also covers Jervis Bay Territory) Abolished: Australian Capital Territory · Namadgi Northern Territory Lingiari (also covers Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands)  · Solomon Abolished: Northern Territory