The ACT's electoral boundaries will remain unchanged for the October 2004 ACT Legislative Assembly election, the chairperson of the ACT Electoral Commission, Mr Graham Glenn said today.

The Augmented ACT Electoral Commission today announced that it accepted the proposed redistribution of the ACT Legislative Assembly electoral boundaries published on 11 July 2003 by the Redistribution Committee.

Six objections to the Committee's proposal were not upheld by the Augmented Commission.

The current electorates are as follows:

BRINDABELLA, a five member electorate comprising the district of Tuggeranong (excluding the suburb of Hume), the Woden Valley suburbs of Chifley, Pearce and Torrens and the districts of Booth, Coree, Cotter River, Paddys River, Rendezvous Creek, Tennent and Mount Clear;

GINNINDERRA, a five member electorate comprising the districts of Belconnen and Hall (including the entire village of Hall) and the Gungahlin suburb of Nicholls; and

MOLONGLO, a seven member electorate comprising the districts of Gungahlin (excluding the suburb of Nicholls), Canberra Central, Weston Creek, Woden Valley (excluding the suburbs of Chifley, Pearce and Torrens), Jerrabomberra (including the entire suburb of Hume), Kowen, Majura, and Stromlo.

The redistribution of electoral boundaries will be formally completed in the near future by publication of an official instrument and a formal report to the Legislative Assembly.

Available from this site now are:

• the augmented Commission's statement, setting out its reasons for its decision
• a map of the boundaries (pdf - 305 kb);
• the Redistribution Committee's proposal (pdf - 476 kb); and
• copies of public suggestions, comments and objections.

The Augmented Electoral Commission for the Australian Capital Territory consists of the Electoral Commission's Chairperson, Graham Glenn; the Electoral Commissioner, Phillip Green; the Electoral Commission's member, Christabel Young; the acting Chief Planning Executive, the ACT Planning and Land Authority, Colin Adrian; the Commissioner for Surveys, David Dobson; and the Regional Director, ACT Office, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Tracy Stewart.

Phillip Green
Electoral Commissioner