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
StateQueensland
MPDavid Janetzki
PartyLiberal National Party
NamesakeToowoomba
Electors37,750 (2020)
Area44 km2 (17.0 sq mi)
Coordinates27°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
MemberPartyTerm
  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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Toowoomba South[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Toowoomba South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National David Janetzki 16,689 51.33 +4.83
Labor Susan Krause 10,028 30.84 +3.91
One Nation Dylan Kozlowski 2,502 7.70 −8.77
Greens Thomas Coyne 2,232 6.87 −0.34
Independent Rob Berry 570 1.75 −1.13
United Australia Allan Turner 490 1.51 +1.51
Total formal votes 32,511 97.22 +0.96
Informal votes 929 2.78 −0.96
Turnout 33,440 88.58 −0.33
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National David Janetzki 19,579 60.22 +0.24
Labor Susan Krause 12,932 39.78 −0.24
Liberal National hold Swing+0.24

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. 2020 State General Election – Toowoomba South – District Summary, ECQ.
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