Division of Bean

Bean
Australian House of Representatives Division
Created 2018
MP Yet to be contested
Namesake Charles Bean
Electors TBC (Next)
Area 1,913 km2 (738.6 sq mi)

The Division of Bean is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which will be contested for the first time at the next federal election. The division is named in honour of Charles Bean, an Australian war correspondent and historian during World War I.

History

The Division of Bean was newly created in 2018 by the Australian Electoral Commission, to fill the third seat allotment for the Australian Capital Territory which occurred due to population growth in the territory.[1] The division is located in the south of the ACT and takes in the urban districts of Tuggeranong, the Molonglo Valley and southern Woden Valley, the rural districts of Booth, Coree, Paddys River, Stromlo and Tennent and the uninhabited districts of Cotter River, Mount Clear and Rendezvous Creek.[2] Norfolk Island residents are included in the division.[2]

The division is notionally held by the Labor Party on a margin of 8.9%.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Electoral Commission confirms ACT gets third federal House of Representatives seat". Canberra Times. 31 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Map: Division of Bean" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
  3. ↑ "2017-18 Federal Redistribution - Australian Capital Territory". ABC Elections. 20 June 2018.
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