2024 Australian Capital Territory general election
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The 2024 Australian Capital Territory general election will be held on or before Saturday 19 October 2024 to elect all 25 members of the
ACT Legislative Assembly.[1]
The incumbent
Liberal opposition, currently led by Elizabeth Lee, who will seek to form government for the first time in 23 years. Lee is the first Asian Australian leader of a state or territory opposition.[2][a]
The leaders of all three parliamentary parties are from the same seat (the inner-city seat of Kurrajong); indeed, Lee is the only Liberal member representing the seat.
Background
The
coalition government with the Greens after the last election, and together the two parties hold 16 of the 25 seats in the Assembly. Leader of the Opposition and Liberals leader Alistair Coe was replaced by Elizabeth Lee
following the election.
On 12 November 2023, Greens
countback was conducted.[3]
Electoral system
The election will be conducted by the
Hare-Clark system of proportional representation
. The Assembly is divided into five electorates with five members each:
- Kambaheast of Drakeford Drive).
- Giralang and Kaleen).
- Kurrajong – contains the districts of Canberra Central (excluding Deakin and Yarralumla), Jerrabomberra, Kowen and Majura.
- Kambah.
- Giralang and Kaleen.
Parties
Parties registered with the ACT Electoral Commission:[4] The list of parties registered are:
- Australian Labor Party
- Liberal Party
- Australian Greens
- Animal Justice Party
- Australian Progressives
- Belco Party
- Democratic Labour Party
- Independents for Canberra
- Libertarian Party
- Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
- Sustainable Australia Party
- The Community Action Party
Retiring members
Labor
- Joy Burch (Brindabella) – announced retirement on 8 August 2023[5]
Liberal
- Nicole Lawder (Brindabella) – announced retirement on 20 October 2023[6]
Candidates
Brindabella
Labor candidates
|
Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mick Gentleman[7] Brendan Forde[7] Caitlin Tough[7] Louise Crossman[7] Taimus Werner-Gibbings[7] |
James Daniels[8] Ross Harber[8] Sandi Mitra[8] Deborah Morris[8] Mark Parton[8] |
Laura Nuttall Sam Nugent |
Ginninderra
Labor candidates
|
Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yvette Berry[7] Tara Cheyne[7] Heidi Prowse[7] Sean Sadimoen[7] Tim Bavinton[7] |
Chiaka Barry[8] Peter Cain[8] Elizabeth Kikkert[8] Joe Prevedello[8] Darren Roberts[8] |
Jo Clay Adele Sinclair |
Kurrajong
Labor candidates
|
Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Barr[7] Rachel Stephen-Smith[7] Aggi Court[7] Martin Greenwood[7] Marina Talevski[7] |
Ramon Bouckaert[8] Mick Calatzis[9] Elizabeth Lee[8] Sarah Luscombe[8] Patrick Pentony[8] |
Shane Rattenbury Rebecca Vassarotti |
Thomas Emerson (IFC)[10] Peter Strong (Ind.)[11] |
Murrumbidgee
Labor candidates
|
Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Steel[7] Marisa Paterson[7] Anna Whitty[7] Nelson Tang[7] Noor El-Asadi[7] |
Ed Cocks[8] Jeremy Hanson[8] Elyse Heslehurst[8] Amadareep Singh[8] Karen Walsh[8] |
Emma Davidson Harini Rangarajan |
Ann Bray (Ind.)[12] |
Yerrabi
Labor candidates
|
Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suzanne Orr[7] Michael Pettersson[7] Millika Raj[7] Pradeep Sornaraj[7] Ravinder Sahni[7] |
Leanne Castley[8] Ralista Dimitrova[8] James Milligan[8] John Mikita[8] Krishna Nadimpalli[8] |
Andrew Braddock Soelily Consen-Lynch |
Jason Taylor (Belco)[13] |
Opinion polling
 | This section needs to be updated. (June 2023) |
| Date | Firm | Primary vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALP | LIB | GRN | OTH | ||
| 2020 election | 37.8% | 33.8% | 13.5% | 13.7% | |
See also
Notes
- ^ Not including New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian, as Armenian Australians are usually considered European Australians.
References
- ^ "2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election". ElectionsACT. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ https://www.sbs.com.au/language/korean/en/podcast-episode/act-liberals-elizabeth-lee-becomes-the-first-asian-leader-of-major-political-parties-in-australia/qkj0uim9m
- ^ "ACT Greens backbencher Johnathan Davis resigns after sexual misconduct allegations". ABC News. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Register of political parties". elections.act.gov.au. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Gore, Charlotte (8 August 2023). "ACT Legislative Assembly Speaker Joy Burch announces she will not contest 2024 election". ABC. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Lindell, Jasper (20 October 2023). "Canberra Liberal MLA Nicole Lawder to retire from politics at 2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election". Canberra Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y https://www.actlabor.org.au/our-people/territory-candidates/
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x https://canberraliberals.org.au/our-team
- ^ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8593062/police-officer-mick-calatzis-to-run-as-act-liberal-candidate-in-kurrajong/
- ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-29/party-of-community-independents-to-contest-act-election/103398556
- ^ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8475837/ann-bray-peter-strong-announce-candidacy-for-2024-act-election/
- ^ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8475837/ann-bray-peter-strong-announce-candidacy-for-2024-act-election/
- ^ https://www.belcoparty.org/