Canberra AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision
Interactive map of boundaries since the2019 federal election
Created	1974
MP	Alicia Payne
Party	Labor
Namesake	Canberra
Electors	102,980 (2025)
Area	312 km2 (120.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Territory electorates	Ginninderra Kurrajong Murrumbidgee Yerrabi
Electorates around Canberra: Fenner Fenner Eden-Monaro (NSW) Bean Canberra Eden-Monaro (NSW) Bean Bean Eden-Monaro (NSW)

TheDivision of Canberra is anAustralian electoral division in theAustralian Capital Territory. It is named for the city ofCanberra, Australia's national capital, and includes all of central Canberra,Kowen,Majura, as well as part ofWeston Creek,Woden Valley,Molonglo Valley,Belconnen, andJerrabomberra. Canberra'sParliament House, the meeting place of theParliament of Australia, is located within the division. It is currently held byAlicia Payne of theLabor Party.

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by theAustralian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state or territory, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state or territory's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state or territory are malapportioned.^[1]

As of 2018, the division of Canberra includesCanberra Central, theWoden Valley suburbs ofCurtin,Chifley,Garran andHughes, theBelconnen suburbs ofAranda,Bruce,Cook,Giralang,Hawker,Kaleen,Lawson andWeetangera, theJerrabomberra suburbs ofBeard andOaks Estate and the districts ofMajura andKowen.^[2]

The division was created in a redistribution of the formerDivision of Australian Capital Territory, gazetted on 19 April 1974. It originally encompassed the southern suburbs ofCanberra, including the districts ofTuggeranong,Weston Creek andWoden Valley. It also generally included the land in the ACT south of theMolonglo River andLake Burley Griffin, although at one time some suburbs in the inner south of the lake were includes in the now abolisheddivision of Fraser. Later the division includedReid andCampbell and prior to the 2018 redistribution, it includedCivic,Acton,Turner south ofHaig Park and east ofSullivans Creek,Braddon south of Haig Park, Reid, Campbell andPialligo.^[3] From 2016, the division includedNorfolk Island.

In 2018, theAustralian Electoral Commission announced substantial alterations to the boundaries of the electorate, due to the creation of a new seat (theDivision of Bean) covering the majority of the Australian Capital Territory, centred on its south, as well as Norfolk Island. The new Division of Canberra only covers Canberra's inner suburbs,Majura andKowen in the Territory's north-east, theBelconnen suburbs ofAranda,Bruce,Cook,Giralang,Hawker,Kaleen,Lawson andWeetangera, and parts of Woden Valley north ofHindmarsh Drive.^[4]

For most of its history it has been a fairly safe seat for theAustralian Labor Party, but it has been won by theLiberal Party three times, most recently at a1995 by-election. In recent elections, theAustralian Greens vote has increased steadily, with the party being only just under 4,000 votes of surpassing the Liberal Party on primary vote to enter the two-party preferred vote. In particular, the Greens came second on primary vote in 12 booths at the 2019 federal election, and won in two booths (Dickson East and Canberra City). However, the Labor Party retains a vote almost double that of the Greens in the electorate.

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Kep Enderby (1926–2015)	Labor	18 May 1974 – 13 December 1975	Previously held the Division ofAustralian Capital Territory. Served as minister underWhitlam. Lost seat
		John Haslem (1939–)	Liberal	13 December 1975 – 18 October 1980	Lost seat
		Ros Kelly (1948–)	Labor	18 October 1980 – 30 January 1995	Previously held theAustralian Capital Territory House of Assembly seat ofCanberra. Served as minister underHawke andKeating. Resigned to retire from politics
		Brendan Smyth (1959–)	Liberal	25 March 1995 – 2 March 1996	Did not contest in1996. Failed to win the Division ofNamadgi. Later elected to theAustralian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly seat ofBrindabella in1998
		Bob McMullan (1947–)	Labor	2 March 1996 – 3 October 1998	Previously a member of theSenate. Transferred to the Division ofFraser
		Annette Ellis (1946–)		3 October 1998 – 19 July 2010	Previously held the Division ofNamadgi. Retired
		Gai Brodtmann (1963–)		21 August 2010 – 11 April 2019	Retired
		Alicia Payne (1982–)		18 May 2019 – present	Incumbent

• Division of Canberra - Australian Electoral Commission

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