Kurwongbah was an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.-Districts in Far North Queensland:*Barron River*Cairns*Cook*Mulgrave*Dalrymple...

 of the Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

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n state of Queensland

Queensland

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 from 1992 to 2009.

The district was based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane

Brisbane

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. Prior to its abolition, it included the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Bray Park

Bray Park, Queensland

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, Eatons Hill

Eatons Hill, Queensland

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, Samsonvale

Samsonvale, Queensland

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 and Strathpine

Strathpine, Queensland

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. The seat was first contested at the 1992 state election.

In 2008, Kurwongbah was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election

Queensland state election, 2009

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—as a result of the redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. It was replaced by the new district of Pine Rivers

Electoral district of Pine Rivers

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, which is very similar in form to the old Kurwongbah.

Members for Kurwongbah

Member		Party	Term
	Margaret Woodgate	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...	1992–1997
	Linda Lavarch Linda Lavarch Linda Denise Lavarch is an Australian politician and solicitor. She was a Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2009, representing the district of Kurwongbah....	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...	1997–2009