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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

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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

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Elections in the 1940s

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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
1946 East Toowoomba state by-election
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

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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
Ind. United Australia 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
1934 East Toowoomba state by-election
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

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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

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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

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  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.