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{{short description|Former Australian federal electoral division}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian Electorate | federal = yes
|name     = Namadgi
|image    = 
|caption  = 
|state    = act
|created  = 1996
|abolished = 1998
|namesake = [[Namadgi National Park]]
}}

The '''Division of Namadgi''' (namad-jee) was an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in the [[Australian Capital Territory]]. It was located in the southern suburbs of [[Canberra]], and included all suburbs in the district of [[Tuggeranong (district)|Tuggeranong]], the southern [[Woden Valley]] suburbs of [[Chifley, Australian Capital Territory|Chifley]], [[Farrer, Australian Capital Territory|Farrer]], [[Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory|Isaacs]], [[Mawson, Australian Capital Territory|Mawson]], [[Pearce, Australian Capital Territory|Pearce]] and [[Torrens, Australian Capital Territory|Torrens]], and the remainder of the ACT south and west of the Murrumbidgee River, reminiscent of the present-day [[Division of Bean]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=1994 Redistribution of Federal Electoral Boundaries|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|date=June 1994|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/publications/newsfiles/files/aec-newsfile-42.pdf|accessdate= 26 October 2015}}</ref>

The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 20 September 1994, and was first contested at the [[1996 Australian federal election|1996 federal election]]. It was abolished at the redistribution of 10 December 1997. It was held for its entire lifetime by former ACT MLA [[Annette Ellis]], who subsequently became the member for [[Division of Canberra|Canberra]] after Namadgi's abolition.
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==Members==
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| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[File:Annette Ellis.jpg|100px]]
| [[Annette Ellis]]<br />{{small|(1946–)}}
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| nowrap | [[1996 Australian federal election|2 March 1996]] –<br/>[[1998 Australian federal election|3 October 1998]]
| Previously a member of the [[Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly]]. Transferred to the Division of [[Division of Canberra|Canberra]] after Namadgi was abolished in 1998
|}

==Election results==
=== 1996 ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1996 Australian federal election]]: Namadgi<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carr |first1=Adam |title=Australian Capital Territory |work=1996 election: House of Representatives |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1996/1996repsact.txt#NAMADGI |publisher=Psephos |accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = [[Brendan Smyth (politician)|Brendan Smyth]]
|party = Liberal
|votes = 28,638
|percentage = 45.14
|change = +9.99
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = [[Annette Ellis]]
|party = Labor
|votes = 28,583
|percentage = 45.06
|change = -8.89
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = [[Shane Rattenbury]]
|party = Greens
|votes = 4,579
|percentage = 7.22
|change = +7.22
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Derek Rosborough
|party = Independent
|votes = 1,636
|percentage = 2.58
|change = +2.58
}}

{{Election box formal|
|votes = 63,436
|percentage = 97.43
|change = +0.33
}}

{{Election box informal|
|votes = 1,672
|percentage = 2.57
|change = -0.33
}}

{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 65,108
 |percentage = 97.37
 |change     = 
}}

{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Labor
|candidate = [[Annette Ellis]]
|votes = 32,542
|percentage = 51.51
|change = -9.28
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Liberal
|candidate = [[Brendan Smyth (politician)|Brendan Smyth]]
|votes = 30,628
|percentage = 48.49
|change = +9.28
}}

{{Election box hold AU party|
 |winner     = Labor
 |swing      = -9.28
 |notional   = yes
}}

{{Election box end}}
[[Brendan Smyth (politician)|Brendan Smyth]] ({{Australian politics/name|Liberal}}) was the sitting member for [[Division of Canberra|Canberra]], having won the seat at the [[1995 Canberra by-election|1995 by-election]].

==References==
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{{Australian federal divisions of the Australian Capital and Northern Territories}}
{{Electoral results for the Australian federal divisions of the Australian Capital and Northern Territories|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Former electoral divisions of Australia|Namadgi]]