Division of Bean

The Division of Bean is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Norfolk Island, which was created in 2018 and contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.

Bean Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election (excluding the territory of Norfolk Island)
Created	2019
MP	David Smith
Party	Labor
Namesake	Charles Bean
Electors	113,929 (2025)
Area	1,913 km2 (738.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Territory electorate(s)	Brindabella Kurrajong Murrumbidgee

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[1]

History

Charles Bean, the division's namesake

The division is named in honour of Charles Bean, an Australian war correspondent during World War I and editor and primary author of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918.

The Division of Bean was created in 2018 by the Australian Electoral Commission, as part of a reapportionment to establish a third seat in the Australian Capital Territory which occurred due to population growth in the territory.^[2] The division is located in the south of the ACT and takes in the urban districts of Tuggeranong, the Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek and southern Woden Valley, the rural districts of Booth, Coree, Paddys River, Stromlo and Tennent and the uninhabited districts of Cotter River, Mount Clear and Rendezvous Creek.^[3] The external territory of Norfolk Island is also included in the division.^[3] These districts and Norfolk Island were previously part of the Division of Canberra.

From its inception until 2025 Bean was a safe Labor seat - it was held by a margin of 12.9% at the 2022 federal election^[4] and a margin of 0.3% in the 2025 federal election with the Labor incumbent holding off an independent.^[5]

Members

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		David Smith (1970–)	Labor	18 May 2019 – present	Previously a member of the Senate. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bean

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in territories § Bean.[edit]

2025 Australian federal election: Bean^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Smith	42,158	41.05	−0.68
	Independent	Jessie Price	27,120	26.41	+26.41
	Liberal	David Lamerton	23,665	23.04	−6.68
	Greens	Sam Carter	9,757	9.50	−5.30
Total formal votes			102,700	97.47	+0.35
Informal votes			2,670	2.53	−0.35
Turnout			105,370	92.53	−0.05
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	David Smith	71,161	69.29	+6.34
	Liberal	David Lamerton	31,539	30.71	−6.34
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	David Smith	51,700	50.34	−12.61
	Independent	Jessie Price	51,000	49.66	+49.66
	Labor hold