Electoral district of Toowoomba South

Toowoomba South is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution, and replaced the abolished Toowoomba East.[1]

Toowoomba South Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Toowoomba South 2017
State	Queensland
MP	David Janetzki
Party	Liberal National Party
Namesake	Toowoomba
Electors	36,737 (2017)
Area	40 km^2 (15.4 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°35′S 151°57′E
Electorates around Toowoomba South: Condamine Toowoomba North Lockyer Condamine Toowoomba South Lockyer Condamine Condamine Lockyer

Toowoomba South electoral map from 2008

The electorate covers the eastern and inner southern suburbs of Toowoomba. It excludes the outer southern suburbs of Toowoomba, Drayton, Darling Heights and the other areas near the University of Southern Queensland, which fall in Condamine.

It is part of the Darling Downs group of seats, and is bounded on the east by Lockyer, the north by Toowoomba North, and on the south and west by Condamine.

The electorate was held by John McVeigh for the Liberal National Party, until his resignation on 29 April 2016 to contest the federal seat of Groom at the 2016 federal election. David Janetzki was elected at the subsequent by-election on 16 July 2016.[2]

Members for Toowoomba South

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Wood	Labor	1972–1974
	John Warner	Country	1974–1974
		National	1974–1986
	Clive Berghofer	National	1986–1991
	Mike Horan	National	1991–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2012
	John McVeigh	Liberal National	2012–2016
	David Janetzki	Liberal National	2016–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Toowoomba South

2017 Queensland state election: Toowoomba South[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	David Janetzki	14,893	46.5	−8.1
	Labor	Susan Krause	8,626	26.9	−7.9
	One Nation	Jeremy Scamp	5,273	16.5	+16.5
	Greens	Alyce Nelligan	2,308	7.2	−2.5
	Independent	Rob Berry	923	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			32,023	96.3	−1.3
Informal votes			1,243	3.7	+1.3
Turnout			33,266	88.9	−1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	David Janetzki	19,208	60.0	+1.6
	Labor	Susan Krause	12,815	40.0	−1.6
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+1.6

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
2. "Toowoomba South by-election to be held in July". Sydney: ABC News. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
3. 2017 State General Election - Toowoomba South - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.