{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1971)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Shane Rattenbury | honorific_suffix = | image = Shane Rattenbury 2024 cropped.jpg | caption = Rattenbury in 2024 | office = 5th Speaker of the <br> Australian Capital Territory <br> Legislative Assembly | deputy = Mary Porter | term_start = 5 November 2008 | term_end = 6 November 2012 | predecessor = Wayne Berry | successor = Vicki Dunne | office1 = Attorney-General of the <br> Australian Capital Territory | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | 1namedata1 = Andrew Barr | term_start1 = 4 November 2020 | term_end1 = 7 November 2024 | predecessor1 = Gordon Ramsay | successor1 = Tara Cheyne | office2 = Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability | 1blankname2 = Chief Minister | 1namedata2 = Andrew Barr | term_start2 = 15 October 2016 | term_end2 = 4 November 2020 | predecessor2 = Position established | successor2 = Andrew Barr | office3 = Leader of the ACT Greens | deputy3 = {{Plainlist| *Rebecca Vassarotti {{small|(2024)}} *Jo Clay {{small|(2024–2026)}} }} | term_start3 = 20 October 2012 | term_end3 = 15 May 2026 | predecessor3 = Meredith Hunter | successor3 = Jo Clay | office4 = Member of the <br> Australian Capital Territory <br> Legislative Assembly | term_start4 = 18 October 2008 | term_end4 = 15 May 2026 | predecessor4 = Deb Foskey | successor4 = TBD <!-- will likely be Rebecca Vassarotti --> | constituency4 = Molonglo {{small|(2008–2016)}} <br> Kurrajong {{small|(2016–2026)}}
{{collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes|Other Ministerial roles (11) | titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes | office5 = Minister for Consumer Affairs | 1blankname5 = Chief Minister | 1namedata5 = Andrew Barr | term_start5 = 4 November 2020 | term_end5 = 7 November 2024 | office6 = Minister for Water, Energy and Emissions Reduction | 1blankname6 = Chief Minister | 1namedata6 = Andrew Barr | term_start6 = 4 November 2020 | term_end6 = 7 November 2024 | successor6 = Suzanne Orr{{efn|As Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water.}} | office7 = Minister for Gaming | 1blankname7 = Chief Minister | 1namedata7 = Andrew Barr | term_start7 = 4 November 2020 | term_end7 = 7 November 2024 | successor7 = Marisa Paterson{{efn|As Minister for Gaming Reform.}} | office9 = Minister for Corrections and Justice Health | 1blankname9 = Chief Minister | 1namedata9 = Katy Gallagher <br> Andrew Barr | term_start9 = November 2012 | term_end9 = October 2020 | predecessor9 = Chris Bourke{{efn|As Minister for Corrections.}} | successor9 = Emma Davidson | office11 = Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety | 1blankname11 = Chief Minister | 1namedata11 = Katy Gallagher <br> Andrew Barr | term_start11 = November 2012 | term_end11 = October 2020 | predecessor11 = New portfolio | successor11 = Portfolio abolished | office12 = Minister for Mental Health | 1blankname12 = Chief Minister | 1namedata12 = Andrew Barr | term_start12 = November 2016 | term_end12 = October 2020 | predecessor12 = New portfolio | successor12 = Emma Davidson | office13 = Minister for Education | 1blankname13 = Chief Minister | 1namedata13 = Andrew Barr | term_start13 = January 2016 | term_end13 = October 2016 | predecessor13 = Joy Burch{{efn|As Minister for Education and Training.}} | successor13 = Yvette Berry{{efn|as Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development}} | office14 = Minister for Road Safety | 1blankname14 = Chief Minister | 1namedata14 = Andrew Barr | term_start14 = January 2016 | term_end14 = October 2016 | predecessor14 = Mick Gentleman{{efn|As Minister for Roads and Parking.}} | successor14 = Himself{{efn|As Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety.}} | office15 = Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Transport Reform | 1blankname15 = Chief Minister | 1namedata15 = Andrew Barr | term_start15 = January 2015 | term_end15 = January 2016 | office16 = Minister for Sport and Recreation | 1blankname16 = Chief Minister | 1namedata16 = Katy Gallagher <br> Andrew Barr | term_start16 = July 2014 | term_end16 = 22 January 2016 | predecessor16 = Andrew Barr | successor16 = Yvette Berry | office17 = Minister for Territory and Municipal Services | predecessor17 = Katy Gallagher | successor17 = Meegan Fitzharris{{efn|As Minister for Transport and Municipal Services.}} | term_start17 = November 2012 | term_end17 = January 2016 }}{{collapsed infobox section end}} | party = Greens | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|08|25}} | birth_place = Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | partner = Louise Bilston | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Australian National University | occupation = Politician | profession = | cabinet = {{Flatlist| * Rattenbury I * II * III * IV}} | website = {{URL|greens.org.au/act/person/shane-rattenbury}} }}
'''Shane Stephen Rattenbury''' (born 25 August 1971) is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2026 and various ministerial roles from 2012 to 2024. Rattenbury is a member of the ACT Greens and served as party leader from 2012 to 2026, leading the party into coalition governments with the territory Labor Party for three terms.
Rattenburry ran as a candidate for the ACT Greens in several elections before succeeding in the seven-member electorate of Molonglo in 2008 where he served until it was abolished in 2016. He successfully ran in the new five-member electorate of Kurrajong and comfortably held the seat for the rest of his time in politics. In his first term in parliament, Rattenbury was elected Speaker of the Assembly, and was the first Speaker in any parliament in the world representing a Green political party.<ref name="HansardMaidenSpeech">{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Australian Capital Territory |title=Inaugural Speeches |house=Legislative Assembly |speaker=Shane Rattenbury |position=Speaker |hansard=Debates Weekly Hansard Seventh Assembly |url=https://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/7th-assembly/2008/PDF/20081211.pdf |date= 11 December 2008 |access-date= 27 September 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005104422/https://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/7th-assembly/2008/PDF/20081211.pdf |archive-date=5 October 2024 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Following the 2012 territory election, Rattenbury was left as the sole Greens MLA and sole crossbencher, being the kingmaker for the next government. He ultimately supported Katy Gallagher of Labor and formed the first Labor–Greens coalition government in mainland Australia, and to date the only one in the country to last for more than a single term. Rattenbury served as minister responsible for non-Attorney-General justice portfolios in the Second Gallagher ministry. In the First Barr ministry, Rattenbury took on further portfolio responsibilities including working on Transport Reform and Sports and Recreation.
At the 2016 election, the Greens gained a second seat and the coalition was renewed with Rattenbury elevated to more senior ministerial portfolios including Climate Change and Sustainability, Education, and Mental Health. He led the ACT Greens to their best ever election result in 2020, winning six seats. He was joined in the Fourth Barr ministry by two other Greens ministers for the first time. Among other new portfolios, he was elevated to the Attorney-General ministry, the highest ranking ministry a Greens MP has ever held in Australia.<ref name="ACTLARattenburyprofile">{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/tenth-assembly-members/kurrajong/rattenbury-shane |title=Shane Rattenbury MLA |publisher=ACT Legislative Assembly |access-date=27 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005103715/https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/tenth-assembly-members/kurrajong/rattenbury-shane |archive-date=5 October 2024 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Following the 2024 election where the party lost two seats to independents, the party moved back to cross-bench, supporting a minority Labor government under a confidence and supply agreement. Over the 2025–2026 parliamentary Summer break, he controversially undertook discussions with the Canberra Liberals about the feasibility and prospect of a Greens–Liberal government as a way to address issues relating to the ACT's "forever Labor government". The discussions did not amount to any change of government, but did spark membership backlash within the Greens.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frost |first1=Harry |title=ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury denies quitting over Liberals coalition talks, but they can't have helped |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-21/act-shane-rattenbury-retiring-to-find-new-career/106587060 |access-date=15 May 2026 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=21 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260503045207/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-21/act-shane-rattenbury-retiring-to-find-new-career/106587060 |archive-date=3 May 2026}}</ref>
On 20 April 2026, Rattenbury announced his retirement from politics after 17 years. He resigned on 15 May 2026, triggering a countback in Kurrajong and a leadership election. Previously Deputy Leader Jo Clay has succeeded him as leader in the interim.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burnside |first1=Niki |title=ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury leaving politics after 17 years |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/shane-rattenbury-steps-down-as-act-greens-leader/106582540 |access-date=20 April 2026 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260420012146/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/shane-rattenbury-steps-down-as-act-greens-leader/106582540 |archive-date=20 April 2026}}</ref>
==Early life, education and career before politics== Rattenbury first moved to Canberra in 1984. He attended Canberra Grammar School and went on to gain a BEc and LLB(Honours) from the Australian National University<ref name="ACTLARattenburyprofile" /> and commenced employment, working with the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Tourism. Prior to his election to the Assembly, Rattenbury travelled between Amsterdam and Australia as the International Political Director of Greenpeace International.<ref name="ACTLARattenburyprofile"/> During this time, he gained publicity for his work on global campaigns on climate change and whaling.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/whalers-greenpeace-on-collision-course/2006/01/08/1136655086319.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005112415/https://www.theage.com.au/national/whalers-set-collision-course-with-greenpeace-ship-20060109-ge1jlh.html |archive-date=5 October 2024 |url-status=live | work = The Age | title = Whalers set collision course with Greenpeace ship | date = 9 January 2006 |first=Andrew |last=Darby |quote=Greenpeace expedition leader Shane Rattenbury was in mid-interview with The Age on a calm Antarctic morning yesterday when the satellite phone call suddenly became a dramatic running account of a collision at sea. |url-access=registration }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/08/greenpeace.clash/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406020901/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/08/greenpeace.clash/index.html |archive-date=6 April 2023 |url-status=dead |location=Sydney, Australia | work = CNN | title = Greenpeace, whalers clash at sea | date = 9 January 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Miller, Barbara | url = https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/worldtoday/bali-climate-plan-sparks-mixed-reactions/990786 | work = The World Today | title = Cautious optimism on Bali Declaration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005111812/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/worldtoday/bali-climate-plan-sparks-mixed-reactions/990786 |archive-date=5 October 2024 |url-status=live | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date = 17 December 2007 }}</ref>
==Political career== In the 1996 federal election, Rattenbury was the Greens candidate for the newly created Division of Namadgi in the southern suburbs of Canberra. He came in 3rd with 7.22% of the primary vote.<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 |archive-date=5 October 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005111602/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1996/1996repsact.txt#NAMADGI |publisher=Psephos |accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref>
Rattenbury stood for the ACT Greens in the 1998 Australian Capital Territory election in the seat of Ginninderra, attracting 1896 primary votes, or 3.76% of the formal vote,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/1998_election/electorate_of_ginninderra_first_preference_results_1998_election | title=Ginninderra First Preference Results - 1998 Election | date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=5 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005111043/https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/previous-assembly-elections/1998-election/ginninderra-first-preferences |url-status=live}}</ref> and narrowly missing winning the electorate's fifth seat on preferences behind the Osborne Independent Group's Dave Rugendyke.
Rattenbury again stood for election to the ACT Legislative Assembly at the 2001 ACT election,<ref name="HansardMaidenSpeech"/> as a candidate in the electorate of Ginninderra for the ACT Greens. After the distribution of preferences, Rattenbury was defeated by both Labor's Wayne Berry and the Australian Democrats' Roslyn Dundas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/previous-assembly-elections/2001-election/ginninderra-first-preferences-2001|work=2001 ACT general election – official results|title=2001 Ginninderra first preferences|publisher=ACT Electoral Commission|date=20 October 2001|access-date=27 September 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005110856/https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/previous-assembly-elections/2001-election/ginninderra-first-preferences-2001|archive-date=5 October 2024|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In June 2008, the ACT Greens announced that Rattenbury would again stand as a candidate for election in the electorate of Molonglo.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/man-in-the-middle-who-is-shane-rattenbury-20121102-28oop.html|via=The Sydney Morning Herald|quote=He first ran for the Greens for the ACT Assembly in 2001, but was not successful until his second attempt in 2008.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005105759/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/man-in-the-middle-who-is-shane-rattenbury-20121102-28oop.html|archive-date=5 October 2024|url-status=live|title=Man in the middle: who is Shane Rattenbury?|date=2 November 2012|first=Chris|last=Johnson|access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref> Independent polling released in October<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/poll-results-no-comfort-to-labor-or-liberals/1325259.aspx|work=The Canberra Times|title=Poll results no comfort to Labor or Liberals|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=4 October 2008 }}</ref> suggested the Green vote had doubled since the last election at the expense of Labor,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/political/stanhope-slumps/1325512.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110807060009/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/political/stanhope-slumps/1325512.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 August 2011|work=The Canberra Times|title=Stanhope slump|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=5 October 2008}}</ref> with the Liberal vote remaining relatively unchanged. Commentators predicted the Greens would hold the balance of power and decide who forms government. The Greens stated they were willing to court both major parties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/stanhope-will-need-greens-to-hold-power/1325254.aspx |work=The Canberra Times |title=Stanhope will need the Greens to hold power |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=4 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201101325/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/stanhope-will-need-greens-to-hold-power/1325254.aspx |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/10/04/patterson-labor-7-liberal-6-greens-4-in-act/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518131535/https://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/10/04/patterson-labor-7-liberal-6-greens-4-in-act/|archive-date=18 May 2021|url-status=dead|author=Bowe, William|title=Patterson: Labor 7, Liberal 6, Greens 4 |work=Crikey|publisher=Private Media Pty Ltd|date=4 October 2008}}</ref> With 82.1 per cent of the vote counted, Labor had obtained 37.6 per cent of the vote, with the Liberals at 31.1 per cent and the Greens at 15.8 per cent. Swings were recorded against both Labor (−9.3 per cent) and the Liberals (−3.7 per cent) with a +6.6 per cent swing towards the Greens, resulting in the election of Rattenbury, Meredith Hunter, Amanda Bresnan, and Caroline Le Couteur.
===Parliamentary career and election as Speaker=== After deliberations with both the Labor and Liberal parties, the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government. Hunter was a key negotiator of the Parliamentary Agreement between the ACT Greens and the Labor Party. Under the agreement, the Greens secured a range of policy outcomes in the areas of schools and education, health service provision, housing, public transport and gay rights. It also ensures that the Greens will Chair three of the Assembly's key committees. In exchange, the Greens agreed to maintain confidence in Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Stockman, David|author2=Rudra, Natasha|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/politics/greens-nod-sees-stanhope-keep-job/1349315.aspx|work=The Canberra Times|title=Greens' nod sees Stanhope keep job|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=1 November 2008|access-date=15 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811012328/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/politics/greens-nod-sees-stanhope-keep-job/1349315.aspx|archive-date=11 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://act.greens.org.au/documents/alp-greens-agreement.pdf|type=PDF |title=Parliamentary Agreement for the Seventh Legislative Assembly for the ACT|publisher=ACT Greens and ACT Labor|date=1 November 2008|access-date=15 August 2010}}</ref> The Greens also secured Government support for the nomination of Rattenbury as Assembly Speaker.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/greens-shane-rattenbury-elected-act-speaker/1352608.aspx|work=The Canberra Times|title=Greens' Shane Rattenbury elected ACT speaker|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=5 November 2008|access-date=15 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209033135/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/greens-shane-rattenbury-elected-act-speaker/1352608.aspx|archive-date=9 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/05/2410617.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719070834/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/05/2410617.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012|work=ABC News|title=Rattenbury elected Assembly speaker|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=5 November 2008|access-date=15 August 2010}}</ref> While on the cross bench in the 7th Assembly, Rattenbury was Greens spokesperson in the portfolios of Attorney-General, Environment, Climate Change and Water, Energy, Police and Emergency Services, Tourism, Sport and Recreation.<ref name="ACTLARattenburyprofile"/>
===Ministerial roles=== Following the 2012 ACT election, Rattenbury was the only Greens MLA to retain his seat in the Assembly. With the election resulting in a hung parliament, Rattenbury, who held the balance of power, announced he would support Katy Gallagher and the Labor Party in the formation of government. The ACT Labor Caucus agreed to appoint Rattenbury as a minister in Gallagher's five-member cabinet, and to support 100 Greens policies.<ref name=cabinet>{{cite news|title=Bourke dumped for Rattenbury|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-05/bourke-dumped-to-make-way-for-rattenbury/4353510?section=act|access-date=6 November 2012|newspaper=ABC News|date=6 November 2012}}</ref> Rattenbury served as the ACT Minister for Ageing, Minister for Housing, Minister for Corrections, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, as well as, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services in the Second Gallagher Ministry and the First Barr Ministry.
Rattenbury was re-elected at the 2016 ACT election. Following the election, Rattenbury was joined by party colleague Caroline Le Couteur in the Legislative Assembly, taking the Greens tally to 2 out of 25 total seats in the Assembly. Rattenbury subsequently struck a deal with the minority Labor Government to retain a place in the cabinet as the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety, Minister for Corrections, and Minister for Mental Health.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/act-election-2016/labor-and-greens-hammer-out-deal-to-see-shane-rattenbury-in-cabinet-joy-burch-as-speaker-20161029-gsdvr1.html|title=Labor and Greens hammer out deal to see Shane Rattenbury in Cabinet, Joy Burch as Speaker|work=Canberra Times|date=30 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ministers|url=http://www.directory.act.gov.au/ccexternal_5.1/extdir/cabinet.html|website=ACT Government Functions and Services Directory|access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> Although a member of the Barr government, he reserved the right to withdraw from Cabinet discussions on divisive issues and vote independently in the Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-30/labor,-greens-parliamentary-agreement-2016/7978410|title=Full Text of the Parliamentary Agreement for the 9th Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory|work=ABC News|date=30 October 2016}}</ref>
Re-elected again at the 2020 ACT election with six Greens elected to the then 25 member Assembly, the Greens negotiated a [https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1654077/Parliamentary-Agreement-for-the-10th-Legislative-Assembly.pdf Parliamentary and Governing Agreement] with Labor which saw three Greens enter the Ministry. Rattenbury held the portfolios of Attorney-General, Minister for Water, Energy and Emissions Reduction, Minister for Gaming and Minister for Consumer Affairs in the Third Barr ministry.
==Personal life== In 2019, Rattenbury admitted that he had tried the drug MDMA once in his 20s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/5996392/which-act-politicians-have-tried-cannabis-mdma-and-acid/ | title=Which ACT politicians have tried cannabis, MDMA and acid? | date=24 January 2019 }}</ref>
Rattenbury is in a relationship with project manager Louise Bilston.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fenwicke |first1=Claire |title=UPDATE: 'Now's my time': ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury's retirement not down to recent events |url=https://region.com.au/act-greens-leader-shane-rattenbury-announces-to-hang-up-his-hat-after-17-years/959288/ |access-date=20 April 2026 |work=Region Canberra |publisher=Region Media |date=20 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260420051152/https://region.com.au/act-greens-leader-shane-rattenbury-announces-to-hang-up-his-hat-after-17-years/959288/ |archive-date=20 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lousie Bilston |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-bilston-17384a10/ |website=linkedin.com |access-date=20 April 2026}}</ref>
== Electoral history == {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" ! rowspan=2 | Year ! rowspan=2 | Electorate ! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Party ! colspan=5 | First preference result ! colspan=4 | Result at exclusion/election ! rowspan=2 | Result |- ! Votes ! % ! ±% ! Quota ! Position ! Votes ! % ! ±% ! Position |- ! 1997 | '''Australian Capital Territory''' <br> {{small|(Constitutional Convention election)}} | rowspan=8 {{Australian party style|ACT Greens}}| | rowspan=8 | ACT Greens | 379 | 0.36 | {{increase}} 0.36 | 0.01 | Eighteenth | | | | | bgcolor=FFC7C7 | Not elected |- ! 1998 | rowspan=2 | '''Ginninderra''' | 1,896 | 3.76 | {{decrease}} 1.10 | 0.23 | Eighth | | | | | bgcolor=FFC7C7 | Not elected |- ! 2001 | 3,045 | 5.47 | {{increase}} 1.71 | 0.33 | Fourth | | | | | bgcolor=FFC7C7 | Not elected |- ! 2008 | rowspan=2 | '''Molonglo''' | 9,564 | 10.8 | {{increase}} 6.17 | 0.87 | Third | | | | | bgcolor=9EFF9E | Elected |- ! 2012 | 4,966 | 5.4 | {{decrease}} 5.4 | 0.43 | Fifth | | | | | bgcolor=9EFF9E | Elected |- ! 2016 | rowspan=3 | '''Kurrajong''' | 6,307 | 12.9 | {{increase}} 6.1 | 0.77 | Second | | | | | bgcolor=9EFF9E | Elected |- ! 2020 | 6,388 | 12.6 | {{decrease}} 0.3 | 0.76 | Second | | | | | bgcolor=9EFF9E | Elected |- ! 2024 | 4,087 | 8.4 | {{decrease}} 4.2 | 0.50 | Third | | | | Fourth | bgcolor=9EFF9E | Elected |}
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Australia|Politics}}}} * 2008 Australian Capital Territory election * Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 2008–2012
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.shanerattenbury.com/ Shane Rattenbury: Website] * [http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/eighth-assembly-members/molonglo/shane-rattenbury Shane Rattenbury: ACT Legislative Assembly website] * [http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2009/week01/274.htm Shane Rattenbury's Inaugural Speech to the ACT Legislative Assembly (11 December 2008)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110703044356/http://tvusa.greenpeaceweb.org/1column.asp?loadcat=16 Shane Rattenbury on Greenpeace TV]
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