Oxley was a
Legislative Assembly electorate
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The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, ...
in the
state
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of
Queensland
)
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, establishe ...
.
History
This one-member electorate was created in the redistribution of 1872 (taking effect at the 1873 elections) from the
electoral district of East Moreton. It covered from
Toowong
Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 10,830 people.
Geography
Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills ...
to
Enoggera to
Goodna
Goodna is a suburb on the eastern edge of the City of Ipswich in Queensland, Australia. In the , Goodna had a population of 10,461 people.
Geography
Goodna is from the Brisbane central business district, being just outside the Brisbane City ...
, including
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
Kurilpa.
In 1888, the part north of the
Brisbane River was separated into the
electoral district of Toowong, while Oxley extended south to
Browns Plains
Browns Plains is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Browns Plains had a population of 6,309 people.
Browns Plains is generally used as a name for both the Browns Plains suburb and the former estates which all utilis ...
and
Woodridge.
[
Oxley was abolished in the redistribution 1949 (taking effect at the 1950 elections) by dividing it into ]Sherwood
Sherwood may refer to:
Places Australia
*Sherwood, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
*Sherwood, South Australia, a locality
*Shire of Sherwood, a former local government area of Queensland
*Electoral district of Sherwood, an electoral district from ...
, 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 electoral district of Mount Gravatt.[
]
Members
The following people represented this electorate:
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
1873 establishments in Australia
1950 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1873
Constituencies disestablished in 1950
Oxley, Queensland