The Division of Bean became an electorate for the first time at the 2019 federal general election.

Named after Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, 1879–1968, Australia's official correspondent to the Australian Imperial Force in World War One, editor of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 and primary advocate to establish the Australian War Memorial.

The Division of Bean covers an area in the south of the ACT consisting of the Districts of:

• Booth,
• Coree,
• Cotter River,
• Mount Clear,
• Paddys River,
• Rendezvous Creek,
• Stromlo,
• Tennent,
• Tuggeranong,
• part of Jerrabomberra,
• part of Molonglo Valley,
• part of Weston Creek, and
• part of Woden Valley

The Division of Bean also includes Norfolk Island.

You can find out more about Bean at the AEC's Division Profile.