Electoral results for the district of Townsville East

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

Members for Townsville East

Member		Party	Term
	Geoff Smith	Labor	1986–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Townsville East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Smith	11,009	61.8	+8.8
	National	Dickway Goon Chew	4,487	25.2	−5.8
	Liberal	Susanne Luckel	2,313	13.0	−2.9
Total formal votes			17,809	97.0	−1.1
Informal votes			555	3.0	+1.1
Turnout			18,364	89.0	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Smith	11,451	64.3	+6.8
	National	Dickway Goon Chew	6,358	35.7	−6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

1986 Queensland state election: Townsville East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Smith	8,936	53.0
	National	Dickway Goon Chew	5,234	31.1
	Liberal	Vincent Nielsen	2,686	15.9
Total formal votes			16,856	98.1
Informal votes			332	1.9
Turnout			17,188	88.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Smith	9,692	57.5	−2.4
	National	Dickway Goon Chew	7,164	42.5	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4