Electoral district of Toowoomba North

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Not to be confused with Electoral district of North Toowoomba.

Toowoomba North
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
ECQ-2017-Final-Toowoomba North.pdf
Electoral map of Toowoomba North 2017
StateQueensland
MPTrevor Watts
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeToowoomba
Electors37,423 (2020)
Area111 km2 (42.9 sq mi)
Coordinates27°30′S 151°58′E / 27.500°S 151.967°E / -27.500; 151.967Coordinates: 27°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

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]

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[]

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Toowoomba North
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Toowoomba North.[]
2020 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North[2]
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

References[]

  1. ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ 2020 State General Election – Toowoomba North – District Summary, ECQ.

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