Electoral results for the district of Toowoomba East

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

Members for Toowoomba East[]

Member Party Term
  Mervyn Anderson Liberal 1960–1966
  Peter Wood Labor 1966–1972

Election results[]

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969 Queensland state election: Toowoomba East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Wood 7,993 53.4 +1.5
Liberal Sydney Goodrick 6,012 40.2 +24.4
Queensland Labor Francis Mullins 954 6.4 +0.9
Total formal votes 14,959 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 182 1.2 -0.4
Turnout 15,141 92.5 -2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Wood 8,170 54.6 -0.7
Liberal Sydney Goodrick 6,789 45.4 +45.4
Labor hold Swing -0.7
1966 Queensland state election: Toowoomba East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Wood 7,814 51.9 +3.0
Country John McCafferty 3,668 26.5 +26.5
Liberal Lawrence Storey 2,183 15.8 -29.8
Queensland Labor Francis Mullins 761 5.5 0.0
Independent Gladys O'Sullivan 58 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 13,854 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 200 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 14,054 94.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Wood 7,661 55.3 +5.4
Country John McCafferty 6,193 44.7 +44.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.4
1963 Queensland state election: Toowoomba East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Wood 6,454 48.9 +2.5
Liberal Mervyn Anderson 6,026 45.6 -1.6
Queensland Labor Frank Mullins 726 5.5 -0.9
Total formal votes 13,206 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 120 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 13,326 94.8 +1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mervyn Anderson 6,615 50.1
Labor Peter Wood 6,591 49.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Toowoomba East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mervyn Anderson 6,019 47.2
Labor Peter Wood 5,922 46.4
Queensland Labor Leonard Green 818 6.4
Total formal votes 12,759 99.2
Informal votes 97 0.8
Turnout 12,856 93.3
Liberal win (new seat)

References[]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.
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