The district of Chatsworth is an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

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 of the Legislative Assembly

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n state of Queensland

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. The electorate is centred on the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane and stretches north to Tingalpa

Tingalpa, Queensland

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, west to Carina Heights

Carina Heights, Queensland

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, east to Tingalpa Creek

Tingalpa Creek

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 and south to Bulimba Creek.

Unusually for a suburban seat, the district of Chatsworth is not named after a suburb within its boundaries but is instead named after Chatsworth Road. This is despite the fact that Chatsworth Road does not fall within the present district of Chatsworth; it runs through the neighbouring district of Greenslopes

Electoral district of Greenslopes

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Members for Chatsworth

Member		Party	Term
	Sir Thomas Hiley	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 Queensland state election, 1960 Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the Electoral Districts Act 1958 which increased the Assembly from 75 to 78 seats and modified the zonal system first... —1966 Queensland state election, 1966 Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Australian Labor Party led by...
	Bill Hewitt	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...	1966 Queensland state election, 1966 Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Australian Labor Party led by... —1977 Queensland state election, 1977 Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 12 November 1977 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.The election resulted in a fourth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen...
	Terry Mackenroth Terry Mackenroth Terence Michael "Terry" Mackenroth is a former Queensland Australian Labor Party politician, serving almost 28 years with a notable parliamentary service history and a number of ministerial roles including Treasurer and Deputy Premier....	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...	1977 Queensland state election, 1977 Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 12 November 1977 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.The election resulted in a fourth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen... —2005 Chatsworth state by-election, 2005 A by-election was held for the Queensland Legislative Assembly district of Chatsworth on 20 August 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member and Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth....
	Michael Caltabiano Michael Caltabiano Michael Caltabiano is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Brisbane City Council from 1996 to 2005, and a Liberal member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2006....	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...	2005 Chatsworth state by-election, 2005 A by-election was held for the Queensland Legislative Assembly district of Chatsworth on 20 August 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member and Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth.... —2006
	Chris Bombolas Chris Bombolas Chris Bombolas is a former Australian politician and television presenter. A former sports reporter for the Nine Network in Brisbane, he served as the Labor member for Chatsworth in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2009.Bombolas was born in Newcastle, New South Wales...	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...	2006—2009 Queensland state election, 2009 The Queensland state election was held to elect members to the unicameral Parliament of Queensland on 21 March 2009. The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a...
	Steve Kilburn Steve Kilburn Steven Andrew "Steve" Kilburn is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2009, representing the seat of Chatsworth....	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...	2009 Queensland state election, 2009 The Queensland state election was held to elect members to the unicameral Parliament of Queensland on 21 March 2009. The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a... —present

Election results

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)