Electoral results for the district of Townsville East

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

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Members for Townsville East

MemberPartyTerm
  Geoff Smith Labor 1986–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Townsville East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Geoff Smith 11,00961.8+8.8
National Dickway Goon Chew4,48725.2−5.8
Liberal Susanne Luckel2,31313.0−2.9
Total formal votes17,80997.0−1.1
Informal votes5553.0+1.1
Turnout 18,36489.0+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Smith 11,45164.3+6.8
National Dickway Goon Chew6,35835.7−6.8
Labor hold Swing +6.8
1986 Queensland state election: Townsville East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Geoff Smith 8,93653.0
National Dickway Goon Chew5,23431.1
Liberal Vincent Nielsen2,68615.9
Total formal votes16,85698.1
Informal votes3321.9
Turnout 17,18888.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Smith 9,69257.5−2.4
National Dickway Goon Chew7,16442.5+2.4
Labor hold Swing -2.4

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Townsville East". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 7 August 2021.