Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha

Mount Coot-tha was an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia from 1950 to 2017.[1]

Mount Coot-tha
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Mount Coot-tha (2008–)
StateQueensland
Dates current1950–2017
NamesakeMount Coot-tha
Electors30,979 (2015)
Area29 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Coordinates27°28′S 152°58′E

The electoral district encompassed suburbs in Brisbane's inner-west, including Milton, Auchenflower, Paddington, Red Hill, Bardon and parts of the suburbs of Toowong, Kelvin Grove and Ashgrove. The district took its name from nearby Mount Coot-tha.

Mount Coot-tha was consistently the strongest-performing Queensland state seat for the Greens—22.2 per cent in 2015, 20.7 per cent in 2012 and 23.1 per cent in 2009.

Mount Coot-tha was abolished in a redistribution in 2016 which took effect at the 2017 state election. Most of its territory, including Mount Coot-tha, was merged with the bulk of Indooroopilly to form Maiwar, with other portions being transferred to the districts of Cooper and McConnel.

Members for Mount Coot-tha

MemberPartyTerm
  Kenneth Morris Liberal 1950–1963
  Bill Lickiss Liberal 1963–1986
  Lyle Schuntner Liberal 1986–1989
  Wendy Edmond Labor 1989–2004
  Andrew Fraser Labor 2004–2012
  Saxon Rice Liberal National 2012–2015
  Steven Miles Labor 2015–2017

Election results

References

  1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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