Electoral results for the district of Toowong
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Toowong in Queensland state elections.
Members for Toowong
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
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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
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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
[edit]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 |
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 |
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alan Munro | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alan Munro | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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 |
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
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
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Toowong". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.