About Our Electorate
Fenner is named after Professor Frank Fenner AC CMG MBE FAA FRS FRACP FRCP, 1914–2010, eminent scientist of national and international renown who made significant contributions to improving the wellbeing of humanity. Frank Fenner is best known for his work on the global eradication of smallpox, and attempting to control Australia's rabbit population through the introduction of the myxoma virus.
The seat of Fenner is the successor to the ACT seat of Fraser. The ACT electorate of Fraser was created in 1974, named after Jim Fraser, who represented the ACT from 1951 to 1970. Following the death of former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, the ACT seat of Fraser was abolished in 2016, so that the Australian Electoral Commission could create the Victorian seat of Fraser.
The seat of Fenner was created in 2016. In 2019, the boundaries were changed again when the ACT was allocated a third electorate. The ACT seats are now Bean (south), Canberra (central) and Fenner (north).
The electorate of Fenner now covers an area consisting of the Districts of Gungahlin, Hall, and part of Belconnen (west of Eastern Valley Way). The electorate also includes the Jervis Bay Territory.
Members (Fraser 1974-2016, Fenner 2016-):
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Ken Fry |
John Langmore |
Steve Dargavel |
Bob McMullan |
Andrew Leigh |
Map of Fenner
For the full AEC profile of the electorate, see here.
