GetWiki

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}}{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}} 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.WEB ,

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

{| class=“wikitable”!Year!colspan=“2“|Member!Party!colspan=“2“|Member!Party!colspan=“2“|Member!Party!colspan=“2“|Member!Party!colspan=“2“|Member!Party!colspan=“2“|Member!Party!colspan=“2“|Member!Party

1995 Australian Capital Territory general election>1995

Labor}}| |Rosemary Follett

Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)>Labor

Labor}}| |Terry Connolly

Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)>Labor

Independent}}|

Michael Moore

Independent

Greens}}|

Kerrie Tucker

Greens

Liberal}}|

Kate Carnell

Liberal

Liberal}}|

Gary Humphries

Liberal

Liberal}}|

Greg Cornwell

Liberal

|19961,2

Labor}}|	Simon Corbell	Labor	Labor}}| |Marion Reilly	Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)>Labor

1998 Australian Capital Territory general election>1998	Labor}}|	Ted Quinlan	Labor

|20013

Liberal}}| |Jacqui Burke	Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division)>Liberal

2001 Australian Capital Territory general election>2001	Labor}}|	Katy Gallagher	Labor	Liberal}}|	Helen Cross	Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division)>Liberal

|20034,5

Independent}}|	Independent politician>Independent	Liberal}}|	Jacqui Burke	Liberal

2004 Australian Capital Territory general election>2004	Greens}}|	Deb Foskey	Greens	Liberal}}|	Richard Mulcahy	Liberal	Liberal}}|	Zed Seselja	Liberal

|20066

Labor}}|	Andrew Barr	Labor

|20077

Independent}}|	Independent politician>Independent

2008 Australian Capital Territory general election>2008	Greens}}|	Shane Rattenbury	Greens	Greens}}| |Caroline Le Couteur	ACT Greens>Greens	Liberal}}|	Jeremy Hanson	Liberal

2012 Australian Capital Territory general election>2012	Liberal}}|	Steve Doszpot	Liberal	Liberal}}|	Giulia Jones	Liberal

|20158

Labor}}| |Meegan Fitzharris	Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)>Labor

,

Election results

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2012 Australian Capital Territory general election|section=Molonglo}}

See also

• Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission
• Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
• Brindabella electorate
• Ginninderra electorate

External links

• Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission

References

{{Reflist|2}}{{ACT electorates}}