Division of Namadgi

Namadgi Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1996
Abolished	1998
Namesake	Namadgi National Park

The Division of Namadgi was an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory. It was located in the southern suburbs of Canberra, and included all suburbs in the district of Tuggeranong, the southern Woden Valley suburbs of Chifley, Farrer, Isaacs, Mawson, Pearce and Torrens, and the remainder of the ACT south and west of the Murrumbidgee River.^[1]

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 20 September 1994, and was first contested at the 1996 federal election. It was abolished at the redistribution of 10 December 1997. It was held for its entire lifetime by former ACT MLA Annette Ellis, who subsequently became the member for Canberra after Namadgi's abolition.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Annette Ellis	Labor	1996–1998

Election results

Australian federal election, 1996: Namadgi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brendan Smyth	28,638	45.14	+9.99
	Labor	Annette Ellis	28,583	45.06	-8.89
	Greens	Shane Rattenbury	4,579	7.22	+7.22
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	1,636	2.58	+2.58
Total formal votes			63,436	97.43	+0.33
Informal votes			1,672	2.57	-0.33
Turnout			65,108	97.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Annette Ellis	32,542	51.51	-9.28
	Liberal	Brendan Smyth	30,628	48.49	+9.28
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.28

References

1. "1994 Redistribution of Federal Electoral Boundaries" (PDF) (Press release). Australian Electoral Commission. June 1994. Retrieved October 2015.