Kurilpa was a Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 electorate in the state

States and territories of Australia

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 of Queensland

Queensland

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 from 1912 to 1986. It was named for the Kurilpa Peninsula on the Brisbane River

Brisbane River

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. Until 1960, it was based in the inner southern Brisbane

Brisbane

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 suburbs of West End

West End, Queensland

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 and the western parts of South Brisbane

South Brisbane, Queensland

South Brisbane is an inner city suburb of Brisbane, Australia located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, directly connected to the central business district by the Kurilpa, Victoria and Goodwill bridges....

, but after that, also included Dutton Park

Dutton Park, Queensland

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, Fairfield

Fairfield, Queensland

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, Highgate Hill

Highgate Hill, Queensland

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 and parts of Yeronga

Yeronga, Queensland

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 and Annerley

Annerley, Queensland

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.

The seat was created at the 1910 distribution out of part of the two-member South Brisbane

Electoral district of South Brisbane

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 seat, and was abolished at the distribution ahead of the 1986 election.

Members for Kurilpa

Member		Party	Term
	James Allan	Liberal (Qld.)	1912–1915
	William Hartley William Hartley (politician) William Hartley was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Kurilpa in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1915 to 1918....	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...	1915–1918
	James Fry	Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1918–1922
		United Party Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1922–1925
		CPNP Country and Progressive National Party The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end...	1925–1932
	Patrick Copley	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...	1932–1949
	Thomas Moores	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...	1949–1957
		QLP Queensland Labor Party The Queensland Labor Party was a political party of Queensland, Australia formed in 1957 by a breakaway group of the then ruling Australian Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair...	1957–1957
	Peter Connolly	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...	1957–1960
	Clive Hughes	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...	1960–1974
	Sam Doumany	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...	1974–1983
	Anne Warner	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...	1983–1986