Electoral district of Toohey

Toohey Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Toohey 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Peter Russo
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Toohey Forest Park
Electors	34,022 (2020)
Area	36 km2 (13.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°33′55″S153°03′03″E / 27.5652°S 153.0509°E / -27.5652; 153.0509
Electorates around Toohey: Miller Greenslopes Mansfield Algester Toohey Mansfield Stretton Waterford Springwood

Toohey is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution. It was named after Toohey Forest Park. ^[1]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Sunnybank. Located in southern Brisbane, Toohey consists of the suburbs of Moorooka, Rocklea, Salisbury, Nathan, Coopers Plains, Robertson, MacGregor, Sunnybank, Runcorn and Eight Mile Plains. ^[1]

From results of the 2015 election, Toohey was estimated to be a fairly safe seat for the Labor Party with a margin of 8.3%. ^[2]

Members for Toohey

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Russo	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Toohey

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Toohey.[ edit ]

2024 Queensland state election: Toohey ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Russo	12,319	41.8	−8.7
	Liberal National	Taylor Hull	10,251	34.8	+4.7
	Greens	Melissa McArdle	5,463	18.5	+6.0
	One Nation	Hayden O'Brien	1,457	4.9	+1.7
Total formal votes			29,490	96.4
Informal votes			1,113	3.6
Turnout			30,603
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Russo	17,408	59.0	−5.5
	Liberal National	Taylor Hull	12,082	41.0	+5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.5

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name

References

1. Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette . p. 180. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
3. "Toohey - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.