Yerrabi electorate

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.

Yerrabi Australian Capital Territory—Legislative Assembly
Territory	Australian Capital Territory
Created	2016
Electors	58,895 (2016)
Area	117 km^2 (45.2 sq mi)
Coordinates	35°11′3″S 149°6′34″E

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), replacing the previous three-electorate, 17-member system. The word "Yerrabi" is derived from an Aboriginal word in the Ngunnawal language meaning "go", "walk" or "to leave",[1] and shares its name with Yerrabi Pond in Amaroo.

Location

The Yerrabi electorate consists of the districts of Gungahlin and Hall, as well as parts of northern Belconnen including the suburbs of Evatt, Giralang, Kaleen, Lawson and McKellar, and the part adjacent to the Barton Highway.[2] Following a 2019 electoral redistribution, Evatt, Lawson and McKellar will be transferred to Ginninderra for the 2020 ACT election.[3]

Members

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
2016		Meegan Fitzharris	Labor		Michael Pettersson	Labor		Suzanne Orr	Labor		James Milligan	Liberal		Alistair Coe	Liberal
2019		Deepak-Raj Gupta	Labor

See also

• Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission
• Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Electorates 2016 election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
2. "Electorates 2016 election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
3. "Electorates 2020 election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 21 June 2020.