Electoral district of Bremer

Bremer was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland.^[1]

Bremer Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State	Queensland
Dates current	1872-1878, 1910-1959
Namesake	Bremer River

History

Bremer was established as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Districts Act of 1872. However, in 1878, it was abolished and absorbed into the Electoral district of Ipswich, changing Ipswich from a single-member to two-member constituency.^[1]

Bremer was then resurrected under the 1910 Electoral Districts Act and continued until 1959 when it was again abolished and the major part of the electorate became the new Electoral district of Ipswich East.^[1]

Members

The following people were elected in Bremer:^[2]

First incarnation (1873–1878)
Member		Party	Term
	John Malbon Thompson	Unaligned	1873–1878
Second incarnation (1912–1960)
	James Clarke Cribb	Liberal	1912–1915
	Frank Cooper	Labor	1915–1946
	Jim Donald	Labor	1946–1960

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bremer

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name