Electoral district of Kurilpa

Kurilpa
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
State or territory: Queensland
Dates current: 1912–1986
Namesake: Kurilpa Peninsula
Demographic: Metropolitan

Kurilpa was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland from 1912 to 1986. It was named for the Kurilpa Peninsula on the Brisbane River. Until 1960, it was based in the inner southern Brisbane suburbs of West End and the western parts of South Brisbane, but after that, also included Dutton Park, Fairfield, Highgate Hill and parts of Yeronga and Annerley.

The seat was created at the 1910 distribution out of part of the two-member South Brisbane 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 Labor 1915–1918
  James Fry Nationalist 1918–1922
United Party 1922–1925
  CPNP 1925–1932
  Patrick Copley Labor 1932–1949
  Thomas Moores Labor 1949–1957
  QLP 1957–1957
  Peter Connolly Liberal 1957–1960
  Clive Hughes Liberal 1960–1974
  Sam Doumany Liberal 1974–1983
  Anne Warner Labor 1983–1986