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Electoral district of Somerset

Electoral district of Somerset

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Not to be confused with Somerset (UK Parliament constituency).

Somerset was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992.[1]

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Its area was mostly inherited from the abolished district of Stanley, located in the upper Brisbane River valley. It was named after Lake Somerset.

Somerset was mostly a safe Country/National party seat, although was won by Labor in the 1953 election.

It was abolished in the 1991 redistribution, and its territory was distributed between the districts of Lockyer and Crows Nest.

Members for Somerset

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Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Somerset

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References

  1. [1]
    "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.

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