Mount Coot-tha was an
electoral district
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in the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the
state of
Queensland, Australia from 1950 to 2017.
The electoral district encompassed suburbs in
Brisbane's inner-west, including
Milton
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,
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
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—22.2 per cent in
2015
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, 20.7 per cent in
2012
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and 23.1 per cent in
2009
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.
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
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and
McConnel.
Members for Mount Coot-tha
Election results
References
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Former electoral districts of Queensland
1950 establishments in Australia
2017 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1950
Constituencies disestablished in 2017