Electoral results for the district of Toowoomba East

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

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Members for Toowoomba East

MemberPartyTerm
  Mervyn Anderson Liberal 1960–1966
  Peter Wood Labor 1966–1972

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Toowoomba East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Wood 7,99353.4+1.5
Liberal Sydney Goodrick6,01240.2+24.4
Queensland Labor Francis Mullins9546.4+0.9
Total formal votes14,95998.8+0.4
Informal votes1821.2−0.4
Turnout 15,14192.5−2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Wood 8,17054.6−0.7
Liberal Sydney Goodrick6,78945.4+45.4
Labor hold Swing −0.7
1966 Queensland state election: Toowoomba East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Wood 7,81451.9+3.0
Country John McCafferty3,66826.5+26.5
Liberal Lawrence Storey2,18315.8−29.8
Queensland Labor Francis Mullins7615.50.0
Independent Gladys O'Sullivan580.4+0.4
Total formal votes13,85498.6−0.5
Informal votes2001.4+0.5
Turnout 14,05494.80.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Wood 7,66155.3+5.4
Country John McCafferty6,19344.7+44.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.4
1963 Queensland state election: Toowoomba East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Wood 6,45448.9+2.5
Liberal Mervyn Anderson 6,02645.6−1.6
Queensland Labor Frank Mullins7265.5−0.9
Total formal votes13,20699.1−0.1
Informal votes1200.9+0.1
Turnout 13,32694.8+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mervyn Anderson 6,61550.1
Labor Peter Wood 6,59149.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Toowoomba East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mervyn Anderson 6,01947.2
Labor Peter Wood 5,92246.4
Queensland Labor Leonard Green8186.4
Total formal votes12,75999.2
Informal votes970.8
Turnout 12,85693.3
Liberal win(new seat)

References

  1. Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results . Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN   0708113400.