Electoral results for the district of Townsville South

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Townsville South in Queensland state elections.

Members for Townsville South[]

Member Party Term
  Tom Aikens NQLP 1960–1977
  Alex Wilson Labor 1977–1986

Election results[]

Elections in the 1980s[]

1983 Queensland state election: Townsville South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Wilson 7,683 55.5 +6.6
National Dickway Goon-Chew 5,205 37.6 +12.1
Liberal Theo Theofanes 967 7.0 -12.3
Total formal votes 13,855 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 164 1.2 -0.2
Turnout 14,019 90.5 +4.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 7,899 57.0 -0.6
National Dickway Goon-Chew 5,956 43.0 +0.6
Labor hold Swing -0.6
1980 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Wilson 6,667 48.9 -0.5
National Alan Metcalfe 3,481 25.5 +25.5
Liberal Hector Garrick 2,630 19.3 +19.3
Independent Francis Rossiter 864 6.3 +6.3
Total formal votes 13,642 98.6 +0.7
Informal votes 192 1.4 -0.7
Turnout 13,834 86.3 -2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 7,861 57.6 +6.6
National Alan Metcalfe 5,781 42.4 -6.6
Labor hold Swing +6.6

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Wilson 6,621 49.4 +8.8
Independent Tom Aikens 6,173 46.0 -2.5
Independent Eric Milne 623 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 13,417 97.9
Informal votes 283 2.1
Turnout 13,700 88.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 6,837 51.0 +1.6
Independent Tom Aikens 6,580 49.0 -1.6
Labor gain from Independent Swing +1.6
1974 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 5,881 48.5 -2.5
Labor Alex Wilson 4,924 40.6 -0.1
Australia Leonard Weber 691 5.7 +5.7
Queensland Labor John Judge 628 5.2 -3.1
Total formal votes 12,124 97.5 -1.2
Informal votes 306 2.5 +1.2
Turnout 12,430 85.7 -8.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 6,770 55.8 -1.8
Labor Alex Wilson 5,354 44.2 +1.8
Independent hold Swing -1.8
1972 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 5,500 51.0 -2.1
Labor Alex Wilson 4,391 40.7 +6.0
Queensland Labor Kerry Smith 890 8.3 -2.6
Total formal votes 10,781 98.7
Informal votes 144 1.3
Turnout 10,925 93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 6,210 57.6 -1.6
Labor Alex Wilson 4,571 42.4 +1.6
Independent hold Swing -1.6

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 8,085 53.1 -10.1
Labor Leslie Moon 5,281 34.7 -0.8
Queensland Labor Bryan Hurney 1,653 10.9 +10.9
Communist Francis Bishop 206 1.3 0.0
Total formal votes 15,225 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 224 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 15,449 90.7 -3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 9,013 59.2 -4.7
Labor Leslie Moon 6,212 40.8 +4.7
Independent hold Swing -4.7
1966 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 9,260 63.2 +3.0
Labor Arthur Trower 5,196 35.5 -4.3
Communist Francis Bishop 194 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 14,650 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 186 1.3 -0.3
Turnout 14,836 93.7 -0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 9,361 63.9 +3.7
Labor Arthur Trower 5,289 36.1 -3.7
Independent hold Swing +3.7
1963 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 8,229 60.2 -6.6
Labor Arthur Trower 5,450 39.8 +6.6
Total formal votes 13,679 99.0 +0.7
Informal votes 140 1.0 -0.7
Turnout 13,819 94.0 +0.7
NQ Labor hold Swing -6.6
1960 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 8,501 66.8
Labor Bill Edmonds 4,216 33.2
Total formal votes 12,717 98.3
Informal votes 223 1.7
Turnout 12,940 93.3
NQ Labor win (new seat)

References[]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.
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