2000 Redistribution

Updated 6 Jan 2015

The Electoral Act 1992 requires a redistribution of electoral boundaries to commence two years before each general election for the ACT Legislative Assembly. This process commenced in October 1999 and was finalised in June 2000.

2000 Redistribution Augmented Commission's Final determination

2000 Redistribution Committee's Proposed Redistribution

Quotas and maximum and minimum numbers of electors - April 2000
April 2000 ACT 5 member electorates 7 member electorate
Actual enrolment 214 012    
Quotas   62 945 88 123
Not more than 110% of the quota   69 239 96 935
Not less than 90% of the quota   56 651 79 311
Quotas and maximum and minimum numbers of electors - October 2001
October 2001 ACT 5 member electorates 7 member electorate
Estimated enrolment 216 888    
Quotas   63 791 89 307
Not more than 105% of the quota   66 980 93 772
Not less than 95% of the quota   60 602 84 842
Statistical summary of proposed electorates
Proposed electorate Number of members Enrolment April 2000 % above or below quota 2000 Projected enrolment October 2001 % above or below quota 2001
Brindabella 5 62 777 -0.27 63 202 -0.92
Ginninderra 5 61 485 -2.32 62 384 -2.21
Molonglo 7 89 750 +1.85 91 302 +2.23

2000 Redistribution Public submissions

Suggestions

A total of 10 suggestions were received and are listed in the order in which they were received:

Comments

A total of 2 comments were received on the above suggestions and are listed in the order in which they were received:

Objections

A total of 3 objections to the committee's proposal were received and are listed in the order in which they were received:

2000 Redistribution Information booklet

The redistribution committee has prepared an information booklet for people interested in the redistribution. A copy of the booklet may be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

2000 Redistribution Statistics

The redistribution committee has prepared statistics to assist in deciding on electorate boundaries. These statistics may be downloaded in the following formats.

Note: Statistics from the 1998 Legislative Assembly election may be obtained from the 1998 election results page.

2000 Redistribution Timetable

Timetable
Formation of Redistribution Committee 24 November 1999
Suggestions period opened 17 February 2000
Suggestions period closed 16 March 2000
Comments period opened 17 March 2000
Comments period closed 30 March 2000
Proposed redistribution published 20 April 2000
Objections period closed 18 May 2000
Announcement of final redistribution 8 June 2000
Determination of redistribution 22 June 2000
Report submitted to Minister 28 June 2000
Report tabled in the Legislative Assembly 29 June 2000