South Brisbane, also known as Brisbane South, is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The electorate encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-south, stretching from East Brisbane to West End, and south to Annerley. Parts of Greenslopes and Coorparoo are also located in the electorate.
South Brisbane is Queensland's oldest electorate, being the only one of the original 16 districts to have been contested at every election. It has generally been considered a safe seat for the Labor Party since 1915, but has in recent election cycles shifted in favour of the Greens. It has only been lost by the Labor party on four occasions: the Country and Progressive National Party's 1929 landslide victory; after the 1957 Labor split, when Premier of Queensland and sitting member Vince Gair quit the party to form the Queensland Labor Party; in 1974, at the height of the Bjelke-Petersen government's popularity; and in 2020 when Jackie Trad lost to the Greens. Anna Bligh, former Premier of Queensland, held the seat from 1995 until her resignation in 2012 after Labor's defeat at the 2012 state election on 24 March. She was succeeded by fellow Labor member Jackie Trad, who became Deputy Premier in 2015. Trad held the seat until 2020, when Greens candidate Amy MacMahon defeated her at the second attempt. In 2024, Barbara O'Shea unseated MacMahon.
Members First incarnation (1860–1878, 1 member)MemberPartyTerm Henry Richards Unaligned 1860–1863 Thomas Blacket Stephens Unaligned 1863–1875 Richard Ash Kingsford Unaligned 1875–1878 Second incarnation (1878–1912, 2 members)MemberPartyTerm Richard Ash Kingsford Unaligned 1878–1883 Angus Mackay Unaligned 1878–1880 Simon Fraser Unaligned 1880–1888 Henry Jordan Unaligned 1883–1888 Henry Jordan Unaligned 1888–1890 Abraham Luya Unaligned 1888–1893 Arthur Morry Unaligned 1890–1893 Harry Turley Labour 1893–1899 Charles Midson Ministerialist 1893–1896 William Stephens Ministerialist 1896–1904 Abraham Luya Unaligned 1899 Harry Turley Labour 1899–1902 Alec Lamont Ministerialist 1902–1904 William Reinhold Labour 1904–1907 Thomas Bouchard Ministerialist/Opposition 1904–1908 William Stephens Opposition 1907–1908Peter Airey Kidstonites 1908 Independent Opposition 1908–1909 John Huxham Labour 1908–1909 Thomas Bouchard Liberal 1909–1912 James Allan Liberal 1909–1912 Third incarnation (1912–present, 1 member)MemberPartyTerm Thomas Bouchard Liberal 1912–1915 Edgar Free Labor 1915–1920 Myles Ferricks Labor 1920–1929 Neil MacGroarty Country and Progressive National 1929–1932 Vince Gair Labor 1932–1957 Queensland Labor 1957–1960 Col Bennett Labor 1960–1972 Fred Bromley Labor 1972–1974 Colin Lamont Liberal 1974–1977 Jim Fouras Labor 1977–1986 Anne Warner Labor 1986–1995 Anna Bligh Labor 1995–2012 Jackie Trad Labor 2012–2020 Amy MacMahonGreens2020–2024 Barbara O'SheaLabor2024–present
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