Electoral district of Toowoomba North
| Toowoomba North Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Toowoomba North 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Trevor Watts | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Toowoomba | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 37,423 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 111 km2 (42.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°30′S 151°58′E / 27.500°S 151.967°E | ||||||||||||||
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Toowoomba North is an
Toowoomba.[1]
It covers the suburbs north of James Street, including Newtown, Wilsonton, Mount Lofty, etc. It also includes the urban fringe area of Blue Mountain Heights, the satellite town of Highfields and Spring Bluff. It excludes certain western localities of Toowoomba, which are in the Electoral district of Condamine.
The electorate is currently represented by Trevor Watts of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.
Members for Toowoomba North
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Bousen | Labor
|
1972–1974 | |
| John Lockwood | Liberal
|
1974–1983 | |
| Sandy McPhie | National
|
1983–1989 | |
| John Flynn | Labor
|
1989–1992 | |
| Graham Healy | National
|
1992–2001 | |
| Kerry Shine | Labor
|
2001–2012 | |
| Trevor Watts | Liberal National | 2012–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Trevor Watts | 16,115 | 49.99 | +7.80 | |
| Labor | Megan O'Hara Sullivan | 11,297 | 35.04 | +2.02 | |
| One Nation | Ron Humphrey | 2,380 | 7.38 | −7.28 | |
| Greens | Alyce Nelligan | 2,080 | 6.45 | −0.08 | |
| United Australia | Stella Sokolova | 364 | 1.13 | +1.13 | |
| Total formal votes | 32,236 | 97.52 | +1.13 | ||
| Informal votes | 819 | 2.48 | −1.13 | ||
| Turnout | 33,055 | 88.33 | +0.14 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Trevor Watts | 18,479 | 57.32 | +1.60 | |
| Labor | Megan O'Hara Sullivan | 13,757 | 42.68 | −1.60 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +1.60 | |||
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Primary vote results in Toowoomba North (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
Liberal National
- Country/National
- Liberal
Labor
One Nation
Greens
Katter's Australian
City Country Alliance
Palmer United/United Australia Party
Australian Democrats
Queensland Labor
Independent
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Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Toowoomba North
References
- Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 April 2020.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Toowoomba North – District Summary, ECQ.
External links
- Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.