Yerrabi electorate
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{{Infobox Australian Electorate
| name = Yerrabi
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| image = ACT Electorates - Yerrabi 2020.png
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| created = 2016
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| electors = 59892
| electors_year = 2020
| area = 99
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| near-n = NSW
| near-ne = NSW
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| near-s = Kurrajong
| near-se = Kurrajong
| near-sw = Ginninderra
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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",{{cite web|title=Electorates 2016 election|url=http://www.elections.act.gov.au/electoral_boundaries/electorates/electorates_2016_election|publisher=Elections ACT|access-date=16 September 2016}} 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,{{cite web |title=Electorates 2020 election |url=https://www.elections.act.gov.au/electoral_boundaries/electorates/electorates-2020-election |publisher=Elections ACT |access-date=21 June 2020}} making Yerrabi the smallest ACT electorate with an area of 99 km2.
Members
| class=wikitable |
| Year
!colspan=2|Member !Party !colspan=2|Member !Party !colspan=2|Member !Party !colspan=2|Member !Party !colspan=2|Member !Party |
|---|
| align=center|2016
|rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |rowspan=5|Michael Pettersson |rowspan=5|Labor |rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |rowspan=5|Suzanne Orr |rowspan=5|Labor |rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=2|James Milligan |rowspan=2|Liberal |rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=3|Alistair Coe |rowspan=3|Liberal |
| align=center|20191 |
| align=center|2020
|rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Greens}}| |rowspan=3|Andrew Braddock |rowspan=3|Greens |rowspan=3|Leanne Castley |rowspan=3|Liberal |
| align=center|20212
|rowspan=2 |James Milligan |rowspan=2 |Liberal |
| align=center|2024 |
1Meegan Fitzharris (Labor) resigned on 8 July 2019. Deepak-Raj Gupta (Labor) was elected as her replacement on countback on 23 July 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/casual_vacancies_in_the_legislative_assembly/casual-vacancies-in-the-ninth-legislative-assembly-2016-2020|title=Casual vacancies in the ninth Legislative Assembly (2016-2020)|date=2019-07-22|website=www.elections.act.gov.au|publisher=Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission|language=en|access-date=2021-04-02}}
2Alistair Coe (Liberal) resigned on 12 March 2021. James Milligan (Liberal) was elected as his replacement on countback on 26 March 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/casual_vacancies_in_the_legislative_assembly/casual-vacancies-in-the-tenth-legislative-assembly-2020-2024|title=Casual vacancies in the tenth Legislative Assembly (2020-2024)|date=2021-03-26|website=www.elections.act.gov.au|publisher=Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission|language=en|access-date=2021-04-02}}
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for Yerrabi electorate}}
{{Excerpt|Results of the 2024 Australian Capital Territory election|section=Yerrabi}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.elections.act.gov.au/ ACT Electoral Commission]
{{ACT electorates}}
{{Government of the Australian Capital Territory}}