Electoral district of Toowoomba North

Not to be confused with Electoral district of North Toowoomba.

Toowoomba North Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Toowoomba North 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Trevor Watts
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Toowoomba
Electors	37,423 (2020)
Area	111 km2 (42.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	27°30′S151°58′E / 27.500°S 151.967°E / -27.500; 151.967
Electorates around Toowoomba North: Condamine Condamine Lockyer Condamine Toowoomba North Lockyer Condamine Toowoomba South Lockyer

Electoral map of Toowoomba North 2008

Toowoomba North is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution. It replaced the abolished electorate of Toowoomba West. Toowoomba North is largely based around the upper half of the city of Toowoomba. ^[1]

It covers the suburbs north of James Street, including Newtown, Wilsonton, Mount Lofty, etc. It also includes the urban fringe area of Blue Mountain Heights, the satellite town of Highfields and Spring Bluff. It excludes certain western localities of Toowoomba, which are in the Electoral district of Condamine.

The electorate is currently represented by Trevor Watts of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

Members for Toowoomba North

Member		Party	Term
	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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Toowoomba North

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

2024 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Trevor Watts	19,909	57.10	+7.11
	Labor	James Green	8,468	24.29	−10.75
	Greens	Thom Roker	2,595	7.44	+0.99
	One Nation	Sebastian Lund	2,457	7.05	−0.33
	Family First	Kerri Hislop	1,436	4.12	+4.12
Total formal votes			34,865	96.92	−0.6
Informal votes			1,109	3.08	+0.6
Turnout			35,974	88.96	+0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Trevor Watts	23,193	66.52	+9.20
	Labor	James Green	11,672	33.48	−9.20
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+9.20

Primary vote results in Toowoomba North (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal National

  Country/National

  Liberal

  Labor

  One Nation

  Greens

  Katter's Australian

  City Country Alliance

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

  Australian Democrats

  Queensland Labor

  Independent

Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Toowoomba North

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
2. "2024 State General Election – Toowoomba North – District Primary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 28 February 2025.

External links

• Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.