Electoral district of South Brisbane

South Brisbane Queensland—Legislative Assembly
South Brisbane (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Anna Bligh
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	South Brisbane

South Brisbane is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The electorate encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-south, stretching from East Brisbane to West End, and south to Fairfield. Parts of Greenslopes and Coorparoo are also located in the electorate.

South Brisbane is Queensland's oldest electorate, having been the only one of the original 16 districts to have been contested at every election. South Brisbane has generally been considered a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party since 1915. It has only been lost by the party on three occasions: the Country and Progressive National Party's 1929 landslide victory; after the 1957 Labor split, when sitting member and Premier Vince Gair quit the party to form the Queensland Labor Party; and finally in 1974, at the height of the Bjelke-Petersen government's popularity. The current member, Anna Bligh, has held the seat since 1995, and has been Premier of Queensland since 2007.

South Brisbane is a strong seat in Queensland for the Greens. In 2009, the Queensland Greens polled 17.4% of the primary vote.

Members for South Brisbane

First incarnation (1860–1878, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Henry Richards	Unaligned	1860–1863
	Thomas Stephens	Unaligned	1863–1875
	Richard Kingsford	Unaligned	1875–1878
Second incarnation (1878–1912, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
	Richard Kingsford	Unaligned	1878–1883
	Angus Mackay	Unaligned	1878–1880
	Simon Fraser	Unaligned	1880–1888
	Henry Jordan	Unaligned	1883–1888
	Henry Jordan	Unaligned	1888–1890
	Abraham Luya	Unaligned	1888–1893
	Arthur Morry	Unaligned	1890–1893
	Harry Turley	Labor	1893–1899
	Charles Midson	Ministerialist	1893–1896
	Charles Midson	Ministerialist/Opposition	1896–1904
	Abraham Luya	Unaligned	1899
	Harry Turley	Labor	1899–1902
	Alec Lamont	Ministerialist	1902–1904
	Carl Reinhold	Labor	1904–1907
	Thomas Bouchard	Ministerialist/Opposition	1904–1908
	Peter Airey	Ministerialist/Independent Opposition	1908–1909
	John Huxham	Opposition/Ministerialist	1908–1909
	Thomas Bouchard	Ministerialist/Opposition	1909–1912
	John Allan	Unaligned	1909–1912
Third incarnation (1912–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Bouchard	Ministerialist/Opposition	1912–1915
	Edgar Free	Labor	1915–1920
	Myles Ferricks	Labor	1920–1929
	Neil MacGroarty	Country and Progressive National	1929–1932
	Vince Gair	Labor	1932–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957–1960
	Colin Bennett	Labor	1960–1972
	Fred Bromley	Labor	1972–1974
	Colin Lamont	Liberal	1974–1977
	Jim Fouras	Labor	1977–1986
	Anne Warner	Labor	1986–1995
	Anna Bligh	Labor	1995–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 2009: South Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anna Bligh	12,243	48.4	-3.2
	Liberal National	Mary Carroll	7,058	27.9	+2.6
	Greens	Gary Kane	4,402	17.4	-4.0
	Independent	Merilyn Haines	409	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Sam Watson	344	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Greg Martin	330	1.3	+1.3
	DS4SEQ	David Rendell	304	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	148	0.6	-1.0
	Independent	Matt Coates	46	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			25,284	98.0
Informal votes			467	2.0
Turnout			25,751	86.4
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Anna Bligh	14,697	65.0	-3.4
	Liberal National	Mary Carroll	7,911	35.0	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.4

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)