The Division of Fenner is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis Bay Territory. It includes Gungahlin, north-western Belconnen and the Jervis Bay Territory.

Fenner is a non-contiguous division, with the bulk of the seat encompassing the north eastern portion of the Australian Capital Territory, and another covering the Jervis Bay Territory. As of the 2019 federal election, Fenner includes the districts of Gungahlin and Hall, and the part of Belconnen north of Belconnen Way and west of Eastern Valley Way, Aikman Drive and William Slim Drive, in addition to the entirety of the Jervis Bay Territory. The proposed name change met with opposition from a number of ACT residents. For instance, former ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said that the name change "traduces" the legacy of Jim Fraser, the MP for Division of Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970 and a man "close to the heart of Canberrans." He also claimed that Fenner himself would have objected to the proposal.

Fenner originally included the land in the ACT north of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin, including the districts of Belconnen, Gungahlin, North Canberra, except Civic, Acton, Turner south of Haig Park and east of Sullivans Creek, Braddon south of Haig Park, Reid, Campbell and Pialligo.

At the 2018 redistribution, it lost all of its territory in North Canberra, the rural districts of Majura and Kowen and the Belconnen suburbs of Aranda, Bruce, Cook, Giralang, Hawker, Kaleen, Lawson, Macquarie and Weetangera to Canberra.

Members

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| Andrew Leigh<br />

| Labor

| nowrap | 2 July 2016 –<br/>present

| Previously held the Division of Fraser. Incumbent

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Election results

References

  • Division of Fenner – Australian Electoral Commission