Salisbury was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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from 1960 to 1992. It was based on the southern

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suburb of

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, and was created in the 1959 redistribution under the Nicklin government, mostly from areas split from the district of Sherwood. Salisbury was mostly a safe

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seat, but was gained by Rosemary Kyburz, a prominent moderate Liberal, in Labor's landslide defeat at the 1974 election, and not regained until

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. It was abolished in the 1991 redistribution and its area was absorbed into the new district of Sunnybank and the existing district of Archerfield.

Members for Salisbury

Election results

References

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Members for Salisbury

Election results

See also

References