Kurilpa was a
Legislative Assembly electorate
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from 1912 to 1986. It was named for the
Kurilpa Peninsula on the
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...
.
Until 1960, it was based in the inner southern
Brisbane
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suburbs of
West End and the western parts of
South Brisbane
South Brisbane is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Brisbane had a population of 7,196 people.
Geography
The suburb is on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, bounded to the north-west, ...
, but after that, also included
Dutton Park
Dutton Park is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dutton Park had a population of 2,024 people.
Geography
Dutton Park is located about south of the Brisbane CBD. It is bounded to the north-east ...
,
Fairfield,
Highgate Hill and parts of
Yeronga
Yeronga is a southern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yeronga had a population of 6,535 people.
Geography
The suburb is bounded to the west and north by the Brisbane River and to the south-east by ...
and
Annerley
Annerley is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Annerley had a population of 11,336 people.
Annerley is located by road south of the Brisbane GPO.
Geography
Much of the suburb is elevated, lying on a ridge that ...
.
The seat was created at the 1910 distribution out of part of the two-member
South Brisbane
South Brisbane is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Brisbane had a population of 7,196 people.
Geography
The suburb is on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, bounded to the north-west, ...
seat, and was abolished at the distribution ahead of the
1986 election. The seat's last member,
Anne Warner, transferred to South Brisbane, which absorbed most of Kurilpa's territory.
Members for Kurilpa
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
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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
Constituencies established in 1912
1912 establishments in Australia
Constituencies disestablished in 1986
1986 disestablishments in Australia