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 Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Mount Coot-tha (2008–) | |
| State | Queensland |
| Dates current | 1950–2017 |
| Namesake | Mount Coot-tha |
| Electors | 30,979 (2015) |
| Area | 29 km2 (11.2 sq mi) |
| Coordinates | 27°28′S 152°58′E / 27.467°S 152.967°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
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.