Murrumbidgee electorate

Murrumbidgee is one of the five multi-member electorates in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It is named after the Murrumbidgee River.

Murrumbidgee
Australian Capital TerritoryLegislative Assembly
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TerritoryAustralian Capital Territory
Created2016
NamesakeMurrumbidgee River
Electors59,323 (2020)
Area250 km2 (96.5 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Federal electorate(s)
Coordinates35°18′40″S 148°59′38″E / 35.31111°S 148.99389°E / -35.31111; 148.99389Coordinates: 35°18′40″S 148°59′38″E / 35.31111°S 148.99389°E / -35.31111; 148.99389
Electorates around Murrumbidgee:
NSW Ginninderra Kurrajong
NSW Murrumbidgee Kurrajong
NSW Brindabella Brindabella

Election results

2020 Australian Capital Territory general election: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,960
Labor Chris Steel (elected 2) 7,407 13.8 +4.6
Labor Marisa Paterson (elected 4) 4,197 7.8 +7.8
Labor Bec Cody 3,686 6.9 −1.9
Labor Tim Dobson 2,264 4.2 +4.2
Labor Brendan Long 1,828 3.4 −2.0
Liberal Jeremy Hanson (elected 1) 8,209 15.3 −7.2
Liberal Giulia Jones (elected 3) 3,535 6.6 −0.6
Liberal Amardeep Singh 3,226 6.0 +6.0
Liberal Ed Cocks 2,658 4.9 +4.9
Liberal Sarah Suine 1,494 2.8 +2.8
Greens Emma Davidson (elected 5) 3,677 6.8 +4.5
Greens Tjanara Goreng Goreng 1,644 3.1 +3.1
Greens Terry Baker 982 1.8 +1.8
Independent Fiona Carrick 3,783 7.0 +7.0
Progressives Robert Knight 837 1.6 +1.6
Progressives Stephen Lin 614 1.1 +1.1
Animal Justice Yana del Valle 613 1.1 +1.1
Animal Justice Edmund Handby 464 0.9 +0.9
Sustainable Australia Geoff Buckmaster 461 0.9 +0.9
Sustainable Australia Jill Mail 374 0.7 +0.1
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Mark Gilmayer 422 0.8 +0.8
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Gordon Yeatman 339 0.6 +0.6
Climate Change Justice Peter Veenstra 167 0.3 +0.3
Climate Change Justice Jackson Hillman 146 0.3 +0.3
Climate Change Justice Andrew Demetrios 133 0.2 +0.2
Climate Change Justice Rohan Byrnes 121 0.2 +0.2
Climate Change Justice Richard Forner 104 0.2 +0.2
Independent Brendan Whyte 243 0.5 −0.1
Independent Lee Perren-Leveridge 126 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 53,754 98.8 +1.2
Informal votes 641 1.2 −1.2
Turnout 54,395 90.8 +0.9
Party total votes
Labor 19,382 36.1 +1.6
Liberal 19,122 35.6 −7.2
Greens 6,303 11.7 +1.1
Independent Fiona Carrick 3,783 7.0 +7.0
Progressives 1,451 2.7 +2.7
Animal Justice 1,077 2.0 −0.1
Sustainable Australia 835 1.6 +0.3
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 761 1.4 +1.4
Climate Change Justice 671 1.2 +1.2
Independent Brendan Whyte 243 0.5 −0.1
Independent Lee Perren-Leveridge 126 0.2 +0.2
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style=background-color: Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal ACT | Template:Australian politics/name/Liberal ACT hold Swing –7.2
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style=background-color: Template:Australian politics/party colours/ACT Greens | Template:Australian politics/name/ACT Greens hold Swing +4.5

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