Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha
| Mount Coot-tha Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Mount Coot-tha (2008—) | |
| State | Queensland |
| MP | Steven Miles |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Mount Coot-tha |
| Electors | 30,979 (2015) |
| Area | 29 km2 (11.2 sq mi) |
Mount Coot-tha is an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 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.
Mount Coot-tha is consistently the strongest-performing Queensland state seat for the Australian Greens — 22.2 percent in 2015, 20.7 percent in 2012 and 23.1 percent in 2009.
Members for Mount Coot-tha
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Morris | Liberal | 1950–1963 | |
| Bill Lickiss | Liberal | 1963–1986 | |
| Lyle Schuntner | Liberal | 1986–1989 | |
| Wendy Edmond | Labor | 1989–2004 | |
| Andrew Fraser | Labor | 2004–2012 | |
| Saxon Rice | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Steven Miles | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Saxon Rice | 11,814 | 42.98 | −4.76 | |
| Labor | Steven Miles | 8,966 | 32.62 | +3.98 | |
| Greens | Omar Ameer | 6,095 | 22.17 | +1.46 | |
| Independent | Charles Mcalister | 611 | 2.22 | +2.22 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,486 | 98.75 | −0.02 | ||
| Informal votes | 349 | 1.25 | +0.02 | ||
| Turnout | 27,835 | 87.64 | −1.89 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Steven Miles | 13,920 | 52.59 | +7.95 | |
| Liberal National | Saxon Rice | 12,550 | 47.41 | −7.95 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal National | Swing | +7.95 | |||
References
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)