Electoral results for the district of Toowoomba North

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

Members for Toowoomba North
MemberPartyTerm
  Ray Bousen Labor 1972–1974
  John Lockwood Liberal 1974–1983
  Sandy McPhie National 1983–1989
  John Flynn Labor 1989–1992
  Graham Healy National 1992–2001
  Kerry Shine Labor 2001–2012
  Trevor Watts Liberal National 2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Toowoomba North[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Trevor Watts 16,115 49.99 +7.80
Labor Megan O'Hara Sullivan 11,297 35.04 +2.02
One Nation Ron Humphrey 2,380 7.38 −7.28
Greens Alyce Nelligan 2,080 6.45 −0.08
United Australia Stella Sokolova 364 1.13 +1.13
Total formal votes 32,236 97.52 +1.13
Informal votes 819 2.48 −1.13
Turnout 33,055 88.33 +0.14
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Trevor Watts 18,479 57.32 +1.60
Labor Megan O'Hara Sullivan 13,757 42.68 −1.60
Liberal National hold Swing+1.60

Elections in the 2010s
2017 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Trevor Watts 13,128 42.2 −2.2
Labor Kerry Shine 10,274 33.0 −5.8
One Nation Paul Wilson 4,561 14.7 +14.7
Greens Emmeline Chidley 2,033 6.5 +2.0
Independent Josie Townsend 1,118 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 31,114 96.4 −1.7
Informal votes 1,166 3.6 +1.7
Turnout 32,280 88.2 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Trevor Watts 17,337 55.7 +4.1
Labor Kerry Shine 13,777 44.3 −4.1
Liberal National hold Swing+4.1
2015 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Trevor Watts 13,932 44.41 −5.35
Labor Kerry Shine 12,166 38.78 +6.49
Palmer United Mandeep Sandhu 1,578 5.03 +5.03
Greens Ken Gover 1,430 4.56 −0.32
Katter's Australian Ken Elliott 1,050 3.35 −8.29
Family First John Sands 871 2.78 +2.78
Independent Greg Keane 347 1.11 −0.34
Total formal votes 31,374 98.11 −0.05
Informal votes 606 1.89 +0.05
Turnout 31,980 91.00 −1.36
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Trevor Watts 14,999 51.61 −7.97
Labor Kerry Shine 14,064 48.39 +7.97
Liberal National hold Swing−7.97
2012 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Trevor Watts 14,898 49.75 +7.62
Labor Kerry Shine 9,667 32.28 -15.42
Katter's Australian Peter Pyke 3,485 11.64 +11.64
Greens Frida Forsberg 1,461 4.88 -0.31
Independent Neil Riethmuller 433 1.45 +0.41
Total formal votes 29,944 98.15 -0.02
Informal votes 563 1.85 +0.02
Turnout 30,507 92.36 +0.67
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Trevor Watts 16,126 59.58 +12.80
Labor Kerry Shine 10,942 40.42 -12.80
Liberal National gain from Labor Swing+12.80

Elections in the 2000s
2009 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Shine 13,911 47.7 -2.7
Liberal National Trevor Watts 12,289 42.1 +6.0
Greens Brett Robinson 1,515 5.2 -0.4
Family First Archie Franz 654 2.2 -2.2
Independent Perry Jewell 494 1.7 +1.7
Independent Neil Riethmuller 303 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 29,166 98.1
Informal votes 544 1.9
Turnout 29,710 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kerry Shine 14,651 53.2 -4.4
Liberal National Trevor Watts 12,876 46.8 +4.4
Labor hold Swing-4.4
2006 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Shine 12,374 53.2 +1.0
National Lyle Shelton 7,899 34.0 -3.9
Greens Greg Keane 1,206 5.2 +0.1
Family First Archie Franz 896 3.9 +3.9
Independent George Westgarth 890 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 23,265 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 358 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 23,623 92.2 +0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kerry Shine 13,262 60.4 +3.1
National Lyle Shelton 8,690 39.6 -3.1
Labor hold Swing+3.1
2004 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Shine 11,785 52.2 +8.1
National Ian Douglas 8,567 37.9 -1.8
Greens Michael Kane 1,162 5.1 +5.1
One Nation Sean Rycard 1,083 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 22,597 98.4 +0.7
Informal votes 358 1.6 -0.7
Turnout 22,955 92.2 -1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kerry Shine 12,388 57.3 +5.4
National Ian Douglas 9,235 42.7 -5.4
Labor hold Swing+5.4
2001 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Shine 9,772 44.1 +11.9
National Graham Healy 8,795 39.7 -0.8
City Country Alliance Frank Francis 1,529 6.9 +6.9
Independent Rob Berry 1,215 5.5 +5.5
Independent Grahame Mogg 846 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 22,157 97.7
Informal votes 527 2.3
Turnout 22,684 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kerry Shine 10,503 51.9 +11.9
National Graham Healy 9,747 48.1 -11.9
Labor gain from National Swing+11.9

Elections in the 1990s
1998 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Graham Healy 7,678 39.8 -16.9
Labor Kerry Shine 6,634 34.4 -4.0
One Nation Ron Davy 4,654 24.1 +24.1
Reform Barry Reid 319 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 19,285 98.9 +0.6
Informal votes 214 1.1 -0.6
Turnout 19,499 93.7 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Graham Healy 10,475 58.2 -1.4
Labor Kerry Shine 7,522 41.8 +1.4
National hold Swing-1.4
1995 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Graham Healy 11,012 56.7 +17.3
Labor Des McGovern 7,463 38.4 -6.7
Independent Ray Webber 936 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 19,411 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 340 1.7 -0.2
Turnout 19,751 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Graham Healy 11,459 59.6 +9.1
Labor Des McGovern 7,756 40.4 -9.1
National hold Swing-9.1
1992 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Flynn 9,249 45.2 +2.5
National Graham Healy 8,077 39.5 +12.5
Liberal Rosalie Lang 1,878 9.2 -14.5
Confederate Action Allen Parsons 837 4.1 +4.1
Indigenous Peoples Walter McCarthy 428 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 20,469 98.1
Informal votes 405 1.9
Turnout 20,874 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Graham Healy 9,986 50.5 +1.4
Labor John Flynn 9,787 49.5 -1.4
National gain from Labor Swing+1.4

Elections in the 1980s
1989 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Flynn 8,649 43.6 +6.0
National Sandy McPhie 5,251 26.5 -21.0
Liberal John Gouldson 4,636 23.4 +8.6
Independent Vincent Burke 1,301 6.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 19,837 97.7 -0.5
Informal votes 470 2.3 +0.5
Turnout 18,571 93.0 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Flynn 10,101 50.9 +8.5
National Sandy McPhie 9,736 49.1 -8.5
Labor gain from National Swing+8.5
1986 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Sandy McPhie 8,665 47.5 +11.0
Labor Sheila Forknall 6,860 37.6 -5.0
Liberal Janet Rankin 2,705 14.8 -6.1
Total formal votes 18,230 98.2 -0.7
Informal votes 341 1.8 +0.7
Turnout 18,571 93.0 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Sandy McPhie 10,505 57.6 +3.5
Labor Sheila Forknall 7,725 42.4 -3.5
National hold Swing+3.5
1983 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Wood 7,006 42.6 -1.9
National Sandy McPhie 6,002 36.5 +36.5
Liberal John Lockwood 3,444 20.9 -34.6
Total formal votes 16,452 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 181 1.1 -0.7
Turnout 16,633 93.3 +3.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Sandy McPhie 8,818 53.6 +53.6
Labor Peter Wood 7,634 46.4 +1.9
National gain from Liberal SwingN/A
1980 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Lockwood 8,418 55.5 +8.0
Labor Lindsay Jones 6,754 44.5 -0.9
Total formal votes 15,172 98.2 -0.6
Informal votes 280 1.8 +0.6
Turnout 15,452 89.8 -2.7
Liberal hold Swing+3.9

Elections in the 1970s
1977 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Lockwood 7,092 47.5 -5.8
Labor Ray Bousen 6,778 45.4 +1.3
Democrats Clifford Knight 846 5.7 +5.7
Progress Michael Farrell 220 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 14,936 98.8
Informal votes 174 1.2
Turnout 15,110 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Lockwood 7,714 51.6 -1.7
Labor Ray Bousen 7,222 48.4 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing-1.7
1974 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Lockwood 6,848 52.3 +38.8
Labor Ray Bousen 6,245 47.7 -14.1
Total formal votes 13,093 99.0 -0.2
Informal votes 133 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 13,226 89.7 -3.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing+17.2
1972 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ray Bousen 7,336 61.8 +13.8
Country Nellie E. Robinson 2,072 17.4 -9.4
Liberal A.L.P. Zerbst 1,599 13.5 -2.9
Queensland Labor John Davis 872 7.3 -1.5
Total formal votes 11,879 99.2
Informal votes 99 0.8
Turnout 11,978 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Bousen 7,707 64.9 +7.8
Country Nellie Robinson 4,172 35.1 -7.8
Labor hold Swing+7.8

References
  1. 2020 State General Election – Toowoomba North – District Summary, ECQ.
  2. 2017 State General Election - Toowoomba North - District Summary, ECQ.
  3. 2015 State General Election - Toowoomba North - District Summary, ECQ.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
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