2019 redistribution

• Guidelines for submissions (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Current and projected electoral enrolment statistics (XLS 102 KB)
• Map of current electoral boundaries (PDF 1.4 MB)

Step 2b - List of public suggestions

The 28-day public suggestion period closed on 4 March 2019.

15 suggestions were received:

Individuals:

Organisations:

Step 3 - Comments on public suggestions

Copies of all suggestions received by the Committee were made available for public inspection on the ACT Electoral Commission's website and at the Electoral Commissioner’s office from 5 March 2019.

Written comments relating to those suggestions were due to be lodged with the Redistribution Committee by 18 March 2019. Seven comments were received:

Individuals:

Organisations:

Step 4 - The first proposed redistribution

Following consideration of the submissions, the Redistribution Committee published its proposed redistribution on 7 May 2019, setting out the proposed boundaries and names of the 5 ACT Legislative Assembly electorates.

The Redistribution Committee proposed that the 5 electorates for the ACT Legislative Assembly be as follows:

Brindabella, a 5-Member electorate comprising the district of Tuggeranong (excluding the section of the Tuggeranong suburb of Kambah that is East of Drakeford Drive, and that portion of Tuggeranong District between Drakeford Drive and Athllon Drive) and the districts of Booth, Cotter River, Paddy’s River, Rendezvous Creek, Tennent and Mount Clear;

Ginninderra, a 5-Member electorate comprising the district of Belconnen (excluding the suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen);

Kurrajong, a 5-Member electorate comprising the district of Canberra Central (excluding the suburbs of Deakin and Yarralumla), and the districts of Jerrabomberra (including the entire suburb of Hume), Kowen and Majura;

Murrumbidgee, a 5-Member electorate comprising the districts of Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek, Woden Valley, Coree (including the village of Uriarra) and Stromlo, the section of the Tuggeranong suburb of Kambah that is East of Drakeford Drive, and that portion of Tuggeranong District between Drakeford Drive and Athllon Drive, and the Canberra Central suburbs of Deakin and Yarralumla; and

Yerrabi, a 5-Member electorate comprising the districts of Gungahlin and Hall and the Belconnen District suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen.

A notice inviting objections to the proposed boundaries was published in the Canberra Times on Tuesday, 7 May 2019.

Members of the public were invited to make written objections to the proposal to the Augmented Electoral Commission. Objections were required to be lodged with the Augmented Electoral Commission by 3 June 2019.

• Proposed redistribution report (PDF 2.5 MB)
• Proposed electorate boundary map (PDF 941 kB)
• Notifiable instrument (PDF 2.8 MB)

Step 5 - Objections to the proposed redistribution

Following the publication of the first proposed redistribution on 7 May 2019, there were 28 days within which initial objections or comments to the proposed redistribution could be lodged by members of the public or organisations.

The objection period closed on 3 June 2019.

7 objections were received:

Individuals:

Organisations:

Step 6 - Objections considered by the Augmented Electoral Commission

The Augmented Electoral Commission - consisting of the 3 members of the ACT Electoral Commission and the other 3 members of the Redistribution Committee - decided to accept the electoral boundaries proposed by the ACT Redistribution Committee and that it would not uphold any of the objections to the proposed redistribution of the ACT's electorate boundaries.

The objections were carefully considered by the Augmented Commission. The Augmented Commission decided that the objections did not raise any substantive new matters that had not already been addressed by the Redistribution Committee in its consideration of the public suggestions and comments. Accordingly, the Augmented Commission did not consider that it was necessary to hold a public hearing into the objections.

As the Augmented Commission accepted the proposal of the Redistribution Committee without change, the proposal of the Augmented Commission was not significantly different from the Redistribution Committee's proposal. Consequently, there were further opportunities for public objections.

On Tuesday 2 July 2019, the Augmented Commission published a detailed statement of reasons for its decision to accept the proposed boundaries unchanged, including an examination of each of the objections to the proposed boundaries.

• Statement of reasons by the Augmented Electoral Commission (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Final map of ACT electorate boundaries (PDF 1.4 MB)

Step 7 - The second proposed redistribution

After it considered all the initial objections lodged, the Augmented Electoral Commission accepted the proposal of the Redistribution Committee without change. Consequently, no further opportunities for public objections were made available. The Augmented Commission formally completed the redistribution process by publishing of a notifiable instrument of determination under section 35 of the Electoral Act and tabled a report in the Assembly concerning the redistribution.

Step 8 - Further objections

After it considered all the initial objections lodged, the Augmented Electoral Commission accepted the proposal of the Redistribution Committee without change. Consequently, there were no further opportunities for public objections.

Step 9 - Final determination

The Augmented Electoral Commission's final determination was notified on the ACT Legislation Register.

The final step in the process was formally tabling the redistribution report in the ACT Legislative Assembly. The final report was tabled on 13 August 2019.

• ACT Legislative Assembly Electoral Boundaries Redistribution Report 2019 (PDF 11.2 MB)