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Australian federal election, 2025
Division of Fenner, Australian Capital Territory
Named for: Frank Fenner (1914-2010), leading Australian scientist.
Northern Canberra: Belconnen, Bonner, Gunghalin, Macgregor
Enrolment at 2019 election: 96,034
Enrolment at 2022 election: 102,515 (+06.8)
1999 republic referendum: Yes 64.5
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 74.0
2023 Voice referendum: Yes 57.4
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Sitting member: Hon Dr Andrew Leigh (Labor): Elected 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022
Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury
Assistant Minister for Employment
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2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 15.1% *
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 14.2% *
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 12.6% *
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 13.9%
2019 Labor majority over Liberal: 10.6%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 15.7%
* as Fraser
Status: Safe Labor
Labor two-party vote 1983-2022
2022 results
Statistics and history
Division of Fenner
Fenner was created by the 2016 redistribution, when the seat of
Fraser, created in 1974, was renamed. It has usually
taken all in the suburbs north of Lake Burley Griffin, and was slightly more urban and slightly less affluent than
Canberra,
the seat south of the lake. It also includes the territory of Jervis Bay on the NSW coast, which is the best Liberal booth
in the electorate. Because of its high public servant population Fraser has a high proportion of people in professional
and managerial occupations, but these vote very heavily Labor, making this one of the most affluent Labor-held electorates.
The 2018 redistribution created a new seat of
Bean in Canberra's southern suburbs, and this caused the seat of
Canberra to be shifted northwards to take in the eastern part of Fenner. The new Fenner now covers only the north-west of
Canberra, mainly in the districts of Gunghalin and Belconnen. This slightly weakened the seat for Labor, but it is still a
perfectly safe seat.
The first two members for Fraser,
Ken Fry and
John Langmore, were strong leftists and spent their careers as backbench
dissidents.
Bob McMullan, by contrast, was a Labor insider, a former Labor National Secretary, and was a Cabinet
minister in the Keating Government. In the Rudd Government he was made only a parliamentary secretary, and he took the
hint and retired in 2010.
Dr Andrew Leigh, Labor MP for Fraser and then Fenner since 2010, is a lawyer who also has a PhD in economics from
Harvard. He was a principal adviser at the Treasury and a Professor of Economics at the Australian National University
before his election. He also worked as an adviser to Senator
Peter Cook. He was briefly a parliamentary secretary at
the end of the Gillard Government. He is now Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury and Assistant Minister for Employment.
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