What are the three new ACT electorates to be called? Naming will be done as part of the redistribution process.
The Labor Party submitted that the electoral commission should “”consult local aboriginal groups to find appropriate aboriginal names for the electorates”.
The Liberal Party said the names should be different from the Federal ones and reflect their geographic position. They should be different from existing names. It suggested Ginninderra, Burley Griffin and Brindabella.
A.P. Gay, of Red Hill, wrote that one of the electorates should be named after Arthur Blakeley, Minister for Home Affairs (including responsibility for Canberra) in the Scullin Government. He built and lived in the first private house here and fought against plans in the Depression to abandon Canberra as the national capital.
Stephen Ryan, of Giralang, suggested they be named after people with ACT local/state type politics of administration.