Division of Fenner

Fenner Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fenner in the Australian Capital Territory, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	2016
MP	Andrew Leigh
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Frank Fenner
Electors	138,847 (2016)
Area	513 km² (198.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Fenner is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis Bay Territory. It replaced the abolished Division of Fraser from 2016. It generally includes the land in the ACT north of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin, including the districts of Belconnen, Gungahlin, North Canberra, excepting Civic, Acton, Turner south of Haig Park, Braddon south of Haig Park, Reid, Campbell and Pialligo. It also includes the Jervis Bay Territory. Fraser was always a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party.

The Australian Electoral Commission decided that, with effect from the 2016 election, the former Division of Fraser would be changed to the Division of Fenner, to honour scientist Frank Fenner. The name change was due to plans by the AEC to name a seat in Victoria after former prime minister Malcolm Fraser.^[1]^[2] The proposed name change received opposition from some people such as Jon Stanhope.^[3]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Leigh	Labor	2016–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Fenner

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Fraser

Australian federal election, 2016: Fenner^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	56,796	45.80	+0.96
	Liberal	Robert Gunning	38,930	31.39	−0.33
	Greens	Carly Saeedi	18,929	15.26	+1.50
	Independent	Andrew Woodman	4,707	3.80	+3.80
	Bullet Train	Tim Bohm	4,660	3.76	−0.24
Total formal votes			124,022	97.18	+0.99
Informal votes			3,595	2.82	−0.99
Turnout			127,617	91.91	−0.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	79,242	63.89	+1.40
	Liberal	Robert Gunning	44,780	36.11	−1.40
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.40

References

↑ AEC: Fenner. Retrieved 21 April 2016
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↑ Peake, Ross (24 November 2015). "Jon Stanhope appalled by ACT federal seat renamed from Fraser to Fenner". Canberra Times. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
↑ Fenner, ACT, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Fenner – Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian Capital and Northern Territories

ACT: Canberra (also covers Norfolk Island from 1 July 2016) Fenner (also covers Jervis Bay Territory) NT: Lingiari (also covers Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Solomon Abolished: Australian Capital Territory Fraser Namadgi Northern Territory

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 35°14′10″S 149°06′40″E / 35.236°S 149.111°E / -35.236; 149.111

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