Belmont was an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

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 of the Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

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n state of Queensland

Queensland

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 from 1960 to 1977.

First created for the 1960 state election

Queensland state election, 1960

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, the district was based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane

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, taking in areas previously belonging to the districts of Bulimba

Electoral district of Bulimba

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, Mount Gravatt

Electoral district of Mount Gravatt

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 and Wynnum

Electoral district of Wynnum

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. Typically a Labor

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 seat, the district fell to the Liberal Party

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 at the Coalition

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 landslide election of 1974.

Belmont was abolished ahead of 1977 state election

Queensland state election, 1977

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 and largely absorbed into the neighbouring district of Chatsworth

Electoral district of Chatsworth

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Members for Belmont

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Newton	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1960–1974
	David Byrne	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1974–1977