Electoral district of Cooroora explained

Cooroora
State:qld
Created:1912
Abolished:1992
Namesake:Mount Cooroora

Cooroora was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1912 to 1992.[1]

It was based mainly on the area of the district of Wide Bay and named after Mount Cooroora, near the town of Pomona.

Cooroora was mainly a safe Country/National seat but was one of the many seats that Labor won in the 1989 election landslide.

It was abolished in the 1991 redistribution under the Goss government, and its territory distributed between the new districts of Noosa and Maroochydore.

Members for Cooroora

MemberPartyTerm
Harry WalkerLiberal1912–1918
National1918–1920
Country1920–1925
CPNP1925–1936
Country1936–1947
David LowCountry1947–1974
Gordon SimpsonNational1974–1989
Ray BarberLabor1989–1992

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Cooroora.

See also

Notes and References

  1. 27 April 2020.