Electoral results for the district of East Toowoomba

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of East Toowoomba in Queensland state elections.

Members for East Toowoomba[]

Member Party Term
  Thomas Roberts Liberal; Opposition 1912–1934
  James Annand Country 1934–1935
  James Kane Labor 1935–1938
  Herbert Yeates Country 1938–1945
  Les Wood Labor 1946–1947
  Gordon Chalk Liberal 1947–1950

Election results[]

Elections in the 1940s[]

1947 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Gordon Chalk 5,015 51.8 +51.8
Labor Les Wood 4,669 48.2 +7.0
Total formal votes 9,684 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 145 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 9,829 87.6 +2.9
People's Party gain from Labor Swing N/A
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Wood 4,538 51.1 +9.9
Country Thomas Thompson 4,352 48.9 -7.2
Total formal votes 8,890 98.9 +0.2
Informal votes 97 1.1 -0.2
Turnout 8,987 N/A N/A
Labor gain from Country Swing N/A
1944 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Yeates 4,854 56.1 +1.9
Labor Jim Thorpe 3,560 41.2 -4.6
Independent K N Kunkel 230 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 8,644 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 115 1.3 -0.6
Turnout 8,759 84.7 -8.8
Country hold Swing +3.5
1941 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Yeates 4,623 54.2 +23.1
Labor James Kane 3,906 45.8 +0.4
Total formal votes 8,529 98.1 -0.5
Informal votes 167 1.9 +0.5
Turnout 8,696 93.5 +3.4
Country hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1930s[]

1938 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Kane 3,831 45.4 -9.0
Country Herbert Yeates 2,626 31.1 -14.5
Independent UAP James Annand 1,986 23.5 +23.5
Total formal votes 8,443 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 120 1.4 -0.1
Turnout 8,563 90.1 -2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Herbert Yeates 4,198 51.3 +5.7
Labor James Kane 3,977 48.7 -5.7
Country gain from Labor Swing +5.7
1935 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Kane 4,400 54.4
CPNP James Annand 3,696 45.6
Total formal votes 8,096 98.5
Informal votes 123 1.5
Turnout 8,219 92.5
Labor gain from CPNP Swing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP James Annand 4,227 51.0 +1.7
Labor James Kane 4,055 49.0 +7.8
Total formal votes 8,282
Informal votes
Turnout
CPNP hold Swing -4.4
1932 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Robert Roberts 4,005 49.3
Labor James Strohfeld 3,347 41.2
Independent Frank Common 773 9.5
Total formal votes 8,125 99.0
Informal votes 79 1.0
Turnout 8,204 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
CPNP Robert Roberts 4,337 55.4
Labor James Strohfeld 3,485 44.6
CPNP hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s[]

1929 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Robert Roberts 4,136 69.7 +7.9
Labor Reginald Turnbull 1,793 30.3 -7.9
Total formal votes 5,929
Informal votes
Turnout
CPNP hold Swing +7.9
1926 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Robert Roberts 3,827 61.8 +0.2
Labor John Herbert 2,369 38.2 -0.2
Total formal votes 6,196 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 52 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 6,248 89.1 +11.2
CPNP hold Swing +0.2
1923 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Robert Roberts 3,651 61.6 -0.2
Labor Thomas Armfield 2,275 38.4 +0.2
Total formal votes 5,926 99.1 +1.2
Informal votes 52 0.9 -1.2
Turnout 5,978 77.9 -10.6
United hold Swing -0.2
1920 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Robert Roberts 3,022 61.8 +10.4
Labor John Mattingley 1,870 38.2 -10.4
Total formal votes 4,892 97.9 -0.7
Informal votes 104 2.1 +0.7
Turnout 4,996 88.5 +6.7
National hold Swing +10.4

Elections in the 1910s[]

1918 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Robert Roberts 2,511 51.4 -3.8
Labor James MacDougall 2,370 48.6 +3.8
Total formal votes 4,881 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 70 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 4,951 81.8 -5.2
National hold Swing -3.8
1915 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Roberts 2,378 55.2 -0.5
Labor Thomas Lonsdale 1,931 44.8 +0.5
Total formal votes 4,309 99.1 -0.2
Informal votes 37 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 4,346 87.0 +12.5
Liberal hold Swing -0.5
1912 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Roberts 1,851 55.7
Labor George Walden 1,473 44.3
Total formal votes 3,324 99.3
Informal votes 22 0.7
Turnout 3,346 74.5
Liberal hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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