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Electoral results for the district of Toowong

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

Members for Toowong

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Member Party Term
  Theodore Unmack 1888–1893
Matthew Reid Labour 1893–1896
Thomas Finney Ministerialist 1896–1900
Edward Macartney Ministerialist 1900–1908
Richard John Cottell Ministerialist 1908–1911
Edward Macartney Liberal 1911–1918
National 1918–1920
James Maxwell National 1920–1922
United 1922–1925
CPNP 1925–1938
Harry Massey United Australia 1938–1944
Charles Wanstall QPP 1944–1950
Alan Munro Liberal 1950–1966
Charles Porter Liberal 1966–1980
Ian Prentice Liberal 1980–1983
Earle Bailey National 1983–1986
Denver Beanland Liberal 1986–1992

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Queensland state election: Toowong[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Janelle Howe 7,964 44.9 +15.2
Liberal Denver Beanland 7,421 41.8 +0.6
National Rodney Hall 1,513 8.5 −20.6
Greens Neil Kelly 856 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 17,754 98.0 −0.7
Informal votes 365 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 18,119 88.7 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Denver Beanland 9,109 51.3 −17.1
Labor Janelle Howe 8,645 48.7 +17.1
Liberal hold Swing −17.1
1986 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Denver Beanland 7,157 41.2 +11.7
Labor Jonathan Ford 5,164 29.7 −6.0
National Earle Bailey 5,062 29.1 −5.6
Total formal votes 17,383 98.7
Informal votes 230 1.3
Turnout 17,613 89.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Denver Beanland 11,884 68.4 +68.4
Labor Jonathan Ford 5,499 31.6 −15.6
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A
1983 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Nigel Pennington 5,431 35.7 +8.3
National Earle Bailey 5,284 34.7 +9.1
Liberal Ian Prentice 4,489 29.5 −4.7
Total formal votes 15,204 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 153 1.0 −0.1
Turnout 15,357 90.2 +4.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Earle Bailey 8,392 55.2 +55.2
Labor Nigel Pennington 6,812 44.8 +8.6
National gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1980 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Prentice 5,024 34.2 −13.2
Labor Gailene Harrison 4,030 27.4 −3.0
National Peter Forrest 3,767 25.6 +25.6
Democrats Michael West 1,882 12.8 −5.8
Total formal votes 14,703 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 159 1.1 0.0
Turnout 14,862 85.4 −4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Prentice 9,279 63.1 +4.4
Labor Gailene Harrison 5,424 36.9 −4.4
Liberal hold Swing +4.4

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Porter 7,010 47.8 −20.8
Labor Athol Kennedy 4,462 30.4 +2.6
Democrats Michael West 2,732 18.6 +18.6
Progress Gordon Oulsnam 462 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 14,666 98.9
Informal votes 168 1.1
Turnout 14,834 89.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Charles Porter 8,609 58.7 −12.5
Labor Athol Kennedy 6,057 41.3 +12.5
Liberal hold Swing −12.5
1974 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Porter 8,950 68.6 +13.0
Labor Donald Dignam 3,621 27.8 −7.7
Queensland Labor Brian O'Brien 474 3.6 −5.3
Total formal votes 13,045 98.8 +0.1
Informal votes 164 1.2 −0.1
Turnout 13,209 86.8 −5.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Charles Porter 9,344 71.6 +8.6
Labor Donald Dignam 3,701 28.4 −8.6
Liberal hold Swing +8.6
1972 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Porter 6,248 55.6 −3.5
Labor Donald Dignam 3,987 35.5 +4.7
Queensland Labor Brian O'Brien 996 8.9 −1.2
Total formal votes 11,231 98.7
Informal votes 150 1.3
Turnout 11,381 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Charles Porter 7,076 63.0 −4.3
Labor Donald Dignam 4,155 37.0 +4.3
Liberal hold Swing −4.3

Elections in the 1960s

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1969 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Porter 6,566 59.1 −6.2
Labor Ian Hinckfuss 3,417 30.8 +5.4
Queensland Labor Brian O'Brien 1,117 10.1 +0.8
Total formal votes 11,100 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 174 1.5 −0.1
Turnout 11,274 89.0 −3.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Charles Porter 7,475 67.3 −5.8
Labor Ian Hinckfuss 3,625 32.7 +5.8
Liberal hold Swing −5.8
1966 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Porter 7,254 65.3 −3.8
Labor Douglas Wallace 2,825 25.4 +1.4
Queensland Labor Brian O'Brien 1,033 9.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 11,112 98.4 −0.4
Informal votes 183 1.6 +0.4
Turnout 11,295 92.8 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Charles Porter 8,124 73.1 −1.7
Labor Douglas Wallace 2,988 26.9 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing −1.7
1963 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Munro 7,586 69.1 −9.6
Labor Leslie McGrath 2,630 24.0 +24.0
Queensland Labor Brian O'Brien 765 7.0 −14.3
Total formal votes 10,981 98.8 +3.8
Informal votes 136 1.2 −3.8
Turnout 11,117 94.1 +2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Munro 8,209 74.8
Labor Leslie McGrath 2,772 25.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Munro 8,200 78.7
Queensland Labor Roger Judge 2,222 21.3
Total formal votes 10,422 95.0
Informal votes 553 5.0
Turnout 10,975 91.7
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1957 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Munro unopposed
Liberal hold Swing
1956 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Munro unopposed
Liberal hold Swing
1953 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Munro 7,135 62.8 −4.2
Labor Frank Venables 4,234 37.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 11,369 98.8 −0.3
Informal votes 136 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 11,505 94.0 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing −4.2
1950 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Munro 7,101 67.0
Labor Frank Venables 3,494 33.0
Total formal votes 10,595 99.1
Informal votes 94 0.9
Turnout 10,689 93.4
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Charles Wanstall 8,375 70.2 +13.6
Labor Frank Venables 3,549 29.8 +29.8
Total formal votes 11,924 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 136 1.1 −0.4
Turnout 12,060 91.9 +0.8
People's Party hold Swing N/A
1944 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Charles Wanstall 6,047 56.6 −7.2
Independent Tom Laws 2,437 22.3 +22.3
Independent Harry Massey 1,881 17.6 +17.6
Independent Harold Jiear 325 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 10,690 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 166 1.5 −0.1
Turnout 10,856 91.1 −2.0
People's Party hold Swing N/A
1941 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Harry Massey 6,403 63.8 +38.4
Labor Tom Laws 3,632 36.2 +10.2
Total formal votes 10,037 98.4 −0.3
Informal votes 158 1.6 +0.3
Turnout 10,195 93.1 −1.8
United Australia gain from Ind. United Australia Swing N/A
  • Massey was elected as an Independent at the previous election.

Elections in the 1930s

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1938 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. United Australia Harry Massey 3,137 31.9 +31.9
Labor John O'Shea 2,561 26.0 −13.1
United Australia Nicholas Lockyer 2,499 25.4 −27.1
Protestant Labor Joseph West 1,639 16.7 +16.7
Total formal votes 9,836 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 125 1.3 −0.1
Turnout 9,961 94.9 0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ind. United Australia Harry Massey 5,264 66.2
Labor John O'Shea 2,690 33.8
Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP James Maxwell 4,781 52.5
Labor Edward Turner 3,558 39.1
Social Credit Charles Hallick 766 8.4
Total formal votes 9,105 98.6
Informal votes 129 1.4
Turnout 9,234 94.9
CPNP hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1932 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP James Maxwell 5,354 58.9
Labor Edward Turner 3,105 34.2
Queensland Party James Trotter 428 4.7
Independent Charles Graves 196 2.2
Total formal votes 9,083 99.3
Informal votes 61 0.7
Turnout 9,144 94.0
CPNP hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP James Maxwell 6,336 73.8 +5.8
Labor Leslie Day 2,255 26.3 −5.8
Total formal votes 8,591 99.1 −0.3
Informal votes 74 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 8,665 91.4 +0.9
CPNP hold Swing +5.8
1926 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP James Maxwell 4,588 68.0 −1.7
Labor William Stock 2,583 32.0 +1.7
Total formal votes 8,071 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 51 0.6 0.0
Turnout 8,122 90.5 +3.2
CPNP hold Swing −1.7
1923 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United James Maxwell 4,855 69.7 −2.2
Labor Robert Easton 2,112 30.3 +2.2
Total formal votes 6,967 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 42 0.6 0.0
Turnout 7,009 87.3 +1.9
United hold Swing −2.2
1920 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National James Maxwell 5,551 71.9 +4.2
Labor William McCosker 2,164 28.1 −4.2
Total formal votes 7,715 99.4 −0.1
Informal votes 48 0.6 +0.1
Turnout 7,763 85.4 +0.5
National hold Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1910s

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1918 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Edward Macartney 4,610 67.7 +8.1
Labor William McCosker 2,201 32.3 −8.1
Total formal votes 6,811 99.5 −0.1
Informal votes 37 0.5 +0.1
Turnout 6,848 84.9 −6.8
National hold Swing +8.1
1915 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Macartney 3,376 59.6 −10.9
Labor Arthur Lilley 2,284 40.4 +10.9
Total formal votes 5,660 99.6 −0.2
Informal votes 22 0.4 +0.2
Turnout 5,682 91.7 +10.5
Liberal hold Swing −10.9
1912 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Macartney 2,734 70.5
Labor Lewis McDonald 1,145 29.5
Total formal votes 3,879 99.8
Informal votes 9 0.2
Turnout 3,888 81.2
Liberal hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Toowong". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.