Buranda was a
Legislative Assembly electorate
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* The people who are eligible to vote in an election, especially their number e.g. the term ''size of (the) electorate''
* The dominion of a Prince-elector
The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, ...
in the
state
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of
Queensland
)
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
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, establishe ...
, Australia.
History
Buranda was created by the 1910 Electoral Districts Act, taking effect at the 1912 elections.
[ It consisted broadly of the south-west corner of the former Electoral district of Bulimba. It was located south-east of ]Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
. It was abolished in the 1959 redistribution (taking effect at the 1960 elections), being incorporated into the newly created Electoral district of Greenslopes
Greenslopes is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The electorate is centred on the Brisbane suburb of Greenslopes and stretches north to parts of Norman Park and as far south as Mount Gr ...
.[
]
Members
The following people were elected in the seat of Buranda:
Election results
See also
* Electoral districts of Queensland
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.
Current Districts by region
Districts in Far North Queensland
* Barron River
*Cairns
*Cook
* ...
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament.
See also
* Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts
This is a list of current and former electoral div ...
by year
* :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
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Former electoral districts of Queensland
1912 establishments in Australia
1960 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1912
Constituencies disestablished in 1960