FORREST and Red Hill will move from the electorate of Kurrajong to Murrumbidgee, following the ACT Redistribution Committee’s proposed slight reshuffle of districts for the 2024 election.

The suburb of Kambah, previously split between the electorates of  Murrumbidgee and Brindabella, will now be entirely part of the southern seat.

ACT Electoral Commissioner Damian Cantwell said: “One key requirement for an ACT redistribution is ensuring that electoral enrolment in each electorate will be within +/- 5 per cent of the quota at the time of the next election. This requirement is aimed at ensuring ‘one vote, one value’.”

“The quota is 1/5 of the ACT total enrolment. Each of the proposed electorates meets this requirement,” Mr Cantwell said

Without any change to the names of the electorates, the Redistribution Committee has proposed that the five electorates for the ACT Legislative Assembly be:

Brindabella, a five-Member electorate comprising the district of Tuggeranong and the districts of Booth, Cotter River, Paddy’s River, Rendezvous Creek, Tennent and Mount Clear;

Ginninderra, a five-Member electorate comprising the district of Belconnen (excluding the suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen);

Kurrajong, a five-Member electorate comprising the district of Canberra Central (excluding the localities of Deakin, Forrest, Red Hill and Yarralumla), and the districts of Jerrabomberra (including the entire suburb of Hume), Kowen and Majura;

Murrumbidgee, a five-Member electorate comprising the districts of Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek, Woden Valley, Coree (including the village of Uriarra) and Stromlo, and the Canberra Central localities of Deakin, Forrest, Red Hill and Yarralumla; and

Yerrabi, a five-Member electorate comprising the districts of Gungahlin and Hall and the Belconnen District suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen.

Public objections to the proposal to the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission must be lodged June 9. Objections will be considered by the Augmented Electoral Commission, which has the power to affirm the redistribution committee’s proposal or to make its own proposed redistribution and invite further public objections.