Electoral district of Toowoomba North

Toowoomba North is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution. It replaced the abolished electorate of Toowoomba West. Toowoomba North is largely based around the upper half of the city of Toowoomba.[1]

Toowoomba North
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Electoral map of Toowoomba North 2017
StateQueensland
MPTrevor Watts
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeToowoomba
Electors37,423 (2020)
Area111 km2 (42.9 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Coordinates27°30′S 151°58′E / 27.500°S 151.967°E / -27.500; 151.967
Electorates around Toowoomba North:
Condamine Condamine Lockyer
Condamine Toowoomba North Lockyer
Condamine Toowoomba South Lockyer
Electoral map of Toowoomba North 2008

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 edit

MemberPartyTerm
 Ray BousenLabor1972–1974
 John LockwoodLiberal1974–1983
 Sandy McPhieNational1983–1989
 John FlynnLabor1989–1992
 Graham HealyNational1992–2001
 Kerry ShineLabor2001–2012
 Trevor WattsLiberal National2012–present

Election results edit

2020 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal NationalTrevor Watts16,11549.99+7.80
LaborMegan O'Hara Sullivan11,29735.04+2.02
One NationRon Humphrey2,3807.38−7.28
GreensAlyce Nelligan2,0806.45−0.08
United AustraliaStella Sokolova3641.13+1.13
Total formal votes32,23697.52+1.13
Informal votes8192.48−1.13
Turnout33,05588.33+0.14
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal NationalTrevor Watts18,47957.32+1.60
LaborMegan O'Hara Sullivan13,75742.68−1.60
Liberal National holdSwing+1.60
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
Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Toowoomba North

References edit

  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.
  2. ^ 2020 State General Election – Toowoomba North – District Summary, ECQ.

External links edit