Mount Gravatt was an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

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 of the Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

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n state of Queensland

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 from 1950 to 2009.

The district was based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane

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. Prior to its abolition, it included the suburbs of Mount Gravatt

Mount Gravatt, Queensland

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, Mount Gravatt East

Mount Gravatt East, Queensland

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, Eight Mile Plains

Eight Mile Plains, Queensland

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, Robertson

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 and Sunnybank

Sunnybank, Queensland

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In 2008, Mount Gravatt 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. Its former territory and voters were divided between the districts of Chatsworth

Electoral district of Chatsworth

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, Greenslopes

Electoral district of Greenslopes

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, Mansfield

Electoral district of Mansfield

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, Yeerongpilly

Electoral district of Yeerongpilly

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 and the new seat of Sunnybank

Electoral district of Sunnybank

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Members for Mount Gravatt

Member		Party	Term
	Felix Dittmer Felix Dittmer Felix Cyril Sigismund Dittmer was an Australian politician. Born in Dugandan, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and then the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, becoming a doctor. He was an honorary surgeon in Brisbane...	Australian Labor Party 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...	1950–1957
	Graham Hart Graham Hart Graham Lloyd Hart was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Mount Gravatt in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1963....	Liberal Party of Australia 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...	1957–1963
	Geoff Chinchen	Liberal Party of Australia 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...	1963–1977
	Guelfi Scassola	Liberal Party of Australia 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...	1977–1983
	Ian Henderson	National Party of Australia National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1983–1989
	Judy Spence Judy Spence Judith Caroline "Judy" Spence is an Australian politician and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party since the 1989 election. She represented Mount Gravatt until 2009, but after a redistribution she switched to Sunnybank, which covered much of the same territory...	Australian Labor Party 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...	1989–2009