State Queensland Abolished 1950 Founded 1873 Namesake Oxley | Created 1873 Demographic Rural Date dissolved 1950 | |
Oxley was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland.
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History
This one-member electorate was created in the redistribution of 1872 (taking effect at the 1873 elections) from the electoral district of East Moreton. It covered from Toowong to Enoggera to Goodna, including Yeronga and Kurilpa.
In 1888, the part north of the Brisbane River was separated into the electoral district of Toowong, while Oxley extended south to Browns Plains and Woodridge.
Oxley was abolished in the redistribution 1949 (taking effect at the 1950 elections) by dividing it into Sherwood, Yeronga and electoral district of Mount Gravatt.
Members
The following people represented this electorate:
b = by-election d = died in officeReferences
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