Electoral district of Ithaca

Ithaca was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1912 to 1986.

It mostly covered the inner northwest suburbs of Brisbane, including Red Hill and Paddington. It was named after the Ithaca Creek.

Ithaca was at first a safe Labor seat, but was won and retained for the rest of its existence by the Liberal party in the 1960 election. It was the seat of Premier Ned Hanlon from 1926 until his death in 1952.

Ithaca was abolished in the redistribution before the 1986 election, and its area mostly taken up by the district of Mount Coot-tha.[1]

Members for Ithaca

MemberPartyTerm
  John Gilday Labor 1912–1926
Ned Hanlon Labor 1926–1952
Leonard Eastment Labor 1952–1956
Pat Hanlon Labor 1956–1960
Robert Windsor Liberal 1960–1966
Col Miller Liberal 1966–1984
Independent 1984–1986

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