Electoral district of Indooroopilly

Indooroopilly was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1992 to 2017.^[1]

Indooroopilly Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Indooroopilly (2008–2017)
State	Queensland
Dates current	1992–2017
Namesake	Indooroopilly
Electors	29,646 (2015)
Area	27 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°31′S 152°59′E

The district was based in the western suburbs of Brisbane, and straddled both sides of the Brisbane River. It was named for the suburb of Indooroopilly and also included the suburbs of Chelmer, Fig Tree Pocket, Graceville, Sherwood, St Lucia and Taringa. After a redistribution in 2008 it included parts of Tennyson. It was first created for the 1992 election.

Indooroopilly was a marginal seat, having been won narrowly by Labor in three elections between 2001 and 2006. On 5 October 2008, sitting member Ronan Lee resigned from the Labor Party and defected to the Queensland Greens. Lee was defeated at the 2009 election by Liberal National candidate Scott Emerson.^[2]

Indooroopilly was abolished in a boundary redistribution for the 2017 state election. It was replaced by the district of Maiwar.

Members for Indooroopilly

Member		Party	Term
	Denver Beanland	Liberal	1992–2001
	Ronan Lee	Labor	2001–2008
		Greens	2008–2009
	Scott Emerson	Liberal National	2009–2017

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Indooroopilly