Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha

Mount Coot-tha Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Mount Coot-tha (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Andrew Fraser
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Mount Coot-tha

Mount Coot-tha is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The electoral district encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-west, including Milton, Auchenflower, Paddington, Red Hill, Bardon and parts of the suburbs of Toowong, Kelvin Grove, and Ashgrove. The district takes its name from nearby Mount Coot-tha.

Andrew Fraser, the Queensland Deputy Premier and Treasurer, of the Australian Labor Party currently holds the seat. Fraser succeeded the retiring Wendy Edmond (Labor) in 2004. Historically, Mount Coot-tha has been one of the strongest-performing seats for the Australian Greens—in the 2009 state election, the Greens polled 23.1 percent of the vote.

In 2012, Fraser will be challeneged by high profile LNP candidate, Saxon Rice. A poll released in November of 2011 saw a 9% swing against Labor placing the LNP ahead.

Members for Mount Coot-tha

Member		Party	Term
	Sir Kenneth Morris	Liberal	1950–1963
	Bill Lickiss	Liberal	1963–1986
	Lyle Schuntner	Liberal	1986–1989
	Wendy Edmond	Labor	1989–2004
	Andrew Fraser	Labor	2004–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 2009: Mount Coot-tha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Fraser	9,544	37.9	-6.9
	Liberal National	John Pollard	9,135	36.3	+3.1
	Greens	Larissa Waters	5,815	23.1	+1.2
	DS4SEQ	Suzanne Karamujic	335	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Dave Zwolenski	202	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	James Sinnamon	163	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			25,194	98.7
Informal votes			312	1.3
Turnout			25,506	87.8
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Fraser	12,493	55.2	-5.1
	Liberal National	John Pollard	10,120	44.8	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.1

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)