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", 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, making Yerrabi the smallest ACT electorate with an area of 99 km2.

Members

YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
2016Michael PetterssonLaborSuzanne OrrLaborMeegan FitzharrisLaborJames MilliganLiberalAlistair CoeLiberal
20191Deepak-Raj GuptaLabor
2020Andrew BraddockGreensLeanne CastleyLiberal
20212James MilliganLiberal
2024

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

Election results

2024 Australian Capital Territory election: Yerrabi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota9,160
LiberalLeanne Castley (elected 3)6,74512.3+3.7
LiberalJames Milligan (elected 4)5,68110.3+3.1
LiberalJohn Mikita4,0327.3+7.3
LiberalKrishna Nadimpalli2,7215.0+1.4
LiberalRalitsa Dimitrova1,1102.0+2.0
LaborMichael Pettersson (elected 1)6,49511.8+2.3
LaborSuzanne Orr (elected 2)4,9068.9+0.8
LaborMallika Raj2,6894.9+4.9
LaborPradeep Sornaraj1,6793.1+3.1
LaborRavinder Sahni1,0732.0+2.0
GreensAndrew Braddock (elected 5)3,3086.0−0.4
GreensSoelily Consen-Lynch1,8533.4+3.4
GreensAlex Gias1,2322.2+2.2
Independents for CanberraDavid Pollard2,7695.0+2.4
Independents for CanberraSneha KC1,6423.0+3.0
Independents for CanberraTrent Pollard4600.8+0.8
Independents for CanberraVikram Kulkarni4490.8+0.8
First NationCooper Pike9691.8+1.8
First NationLisa Barnes1910.3+0.3
First NationMichael Duncan1420.3+0.3
First NationTyson Powell1270.2+0.2
First NationKye Moggridge880.2+0.2
Democratic LabourMichael Hanna8211.5+1.5
Democratic LabourColin Jory4930.9+0.9
Family FirstGreg Amos7061.3+1.3
Family FirstHenry Kivimaki4100.7+0.7
BelcoJason Taylor5841.1+1.1
BelcoGregory Burke3040.6+0.6
IndependentFuxin Li5020.9−0.3
Animal JusticeJoanne McKinley4020.7+0.7
IndependentMohammad Munir Hussain3710.7+0.5
Total formal votes54,95498.0−0.5
Informal votes1,0952.0+0.5
Turnout56,04987.6−2.0
Party total votes
Liberal20,28936.9−3.7
Labor16,84230.6−3.5
Greens6,39311.6+1.5
Independents for Canberra5,3209.7+9.7
First Nation1,5172.8+2.8
Democratic Labour1,3142.4−2.3
Family First1,1162.0+2.0
Belco8881.6+1.6
IndependentFuxin Li5020.9−0.3
Animal Justice4020.7−0.6
IndependentMohammad Munir Hussain3710.7+0.5
Liberal holdSwing+3.7
Liberal holdSwing+3.1
Labor holdSwing+2.3
Labor holdSwing+0.8
Greens holdSwing−0.4

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