| Mount Coot-tha | |
| State: | qld |
| Lifespan: | 1950–2017 |
| Namesake: | Mount Coot-tha |
| Area: | 29 |
| Electors: | 30979 |
| Electors Year: | 2015 |
| Coordinates: | -27.4667°N 210°W |
Mount Coot-tha was an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia from 1950 to 2017.[1]
The electoral district encompassed 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 took its name from nearby Mount Coot-tha.
Mount Coot-tha was consistently the strongest-performing Queensland state seat for the Greens—22.2 per cent in 2015, 20.7 per cent in 2012 and 23.1 per cent in 2009.
Mount Coot-tha was abolished in a redistribution in 2016 which took effect at the 2017 state election. Most of its territory, including Mount Coot-tha, was merged with the bulk of Indooroopilly to form Maiwar, with other portions being transferred to the districts of Cooper and McConnel.
| 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 | 2015–2017 | |||
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Mount Coot-tha.