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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Bean, Australian Capital Territory
Southern Canberra: Kambah, Molonglo Valley, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek, Woden Valley
Territory seats: All of
Brindabella, parts of
Kurrajong and
Murrumbidgee
Local government areas: None
Enrolment at close of rolls: 104,516
Sitting member: None
2019 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 8.9%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Therese Faulkner
Progressive Party |
2. Dr Jamie Christie
Independent |
3. Ben Rushton
The Great Australian Party |
4. Matt Donnelly
Liberal Democrats |
5. Tony Hanley
United Australia Party |
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6. Ed Cocks
Liberal Party |
7. David Smith
Australian Labor Party |
8. Jonathan Davis
Australian Greens |
Candidate websites:
Dr Jamie Christie
Ed Cocks
Jonathan Davis
David Smith
Division of Bean
Bean is a new seat created as a result of the Australian Capital Territory becoming eligible for a third seat from the 2019
election, as a result of Canberra's rapid growth. It covers the southern half of the old seat of Canberra, inluding the
city's southern suburbs and the thinly-populated rural south of the territory, which is mostly national park. It is
roughly analogous to the seat of Namadgi, which existed from 1996 to 1998, the last time the ACT qualified (briefly) for
three seats.
Like the rest of Canberra, Bean has a high proportion of government employees, a high level of income and a high
level of education. However, it is less affluent and less public-service oriented than the other two ACT seats, Canberra and Fenner, and
has a fairly high level of traditional families paying mortgages. It is likely to be more politically marginal than Canberra and Fenner,
though still basically a Labor seat. The Liberals have not won a federal seat in
the ACT since the Canberra by-election of 1995.
Gai Brodtmann, Labor MP for Canberra since 2010, announced that she would be transferring to Bean at the 2019 election.
But in August 2018 she announced that instead she would be retiring for personal reasons. Labor's candidate will be Senator
David Smith, who inherited Katy Gallagher's Senate seat when she was knocked out by the High Court over section 44, but will now vacate that seat
and transfer to the House. The Liberal candidate is Ed Cocks, a public servant. The Greens candidate is Jonathan Davis,
who works in real estate.
Demographics:
Bean is a new seat and no demographic data are available. These data are for the ACT electorate of Brindabella, which covers much of the
same territory.
Median weekly household income: $2,075 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 11.3% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 2.4% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 75.6% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 18.0% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 27.0% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 31.8% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 23.6% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 36.1% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 18.0% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 46.5% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 22.1% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 38.4% (Australia 32.8%)
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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