Loading AI tools
Australian electorate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Somerset was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992.[1]
Somerset Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |
---|---|
State | Queensland |
Created | 1950 |
Abolished | 1992 |
Namesake | Lake Somerset |
Its area was mostly inherited from the abolished district of Stanley, located in the upper Brisbane River valley. It was named after Lake Somerset.
Somerset was mostly a safe Country/National party seat, although was won by Labor in the 1953 election.
It was abolished in the 1991 redistribution, and its territory was distributed between the districts of Lockyer and Crows Nest.
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Duncan MacDonald | Country | 1950–1953 | |
Alexander Skinner | Labor | 1953–1957 | |
Queensland Labor | 1957 | ||
Harold Richter | Country | 1957–1972 | |
Bill Gunn | Country | 1972–1974 | |
National | 1974–1992 | ||
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.