The electoral district of 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, Bardon and parts of the suburbs of Toowong and Ashgrove. The district takes its name from nearby Mount Coot-tha.

Andrew Fraser 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 2006 state election, Greens candidate Juanita Wheeler polled 21.73 percent of the vote.^[1]

[edit] Members for Mount Coot-tha

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

[edit] References

1. ^ Green, A. Mount Coot-tha Electoral Profile ABC Online. Accessed 11-10-2006.

[edit] External links

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