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 km^2 (11.2 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°28′S 152°58′E / 27.467°S 152.967°ECoordinates: 27°28′S 152°58′E / 27.467°S 152.967°E

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

Queensland state election, 2015: Mount Coot-tha[1]
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

1. 2015 State General Election - Mount Coot-tha - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)