Electoral results for the district of Townsville South

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

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Members for Townsville South

MemberPartyTerm
  Tom Aikens NQLP 1960–1977
  Alex Wilson Labor 1977–1986

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Queensland state election: Townsville South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alex Wilson 7,68355.5+6.6
National Dickway Goon-Chew5,20537.6+12.1
Liberal Theo Theofanes9677.0-12.3
Total formal votes13,85598.8+0.2
Informal votes1641.2-0.2
Turnout 14,01990.5+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 7,89957.0-0.6
National Dickway Goon-Chew5,95643.0+0.6
Labor hold Swing -0.6
1980 Queensland state election: Townsville South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alex Wilson 6,66748.9-0.5
National Alan Metcalfe3,48125.5+25.5
Liberal Hector Garrick2,63019.3+19.3
Independent Francis Rossiter8646.3+6.3
Total formal votes13,64298.6+0.7
Informal votes1921.4-0.7
Turnout 13,83486.3-2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 7,86157.6+6.6
National Alan Metcalfe5,78142.4-6.6
Labor hold Swing +6.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Townsville South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alex Wilson 6,62149.4+8.8
Independent Tom Aikens 6,17346.0-2.5
Independent Eric Milne6234.6+4.6
Total formal votes13,41797.9
Informal votes2832.1
Turnout 13,70088.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 6,83751.0+1.6
Independent Tom Aikens 6,58049.0-1.6
Labor gain from Independent Swing +1.6
1974 Queensland state election: Townsville South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tom Aikens 5,88148.5-2.5
Labor Alex Wilson 4,92440.6-0.1
Australia Leonard Weber6915.7+5.7
Queensland Labor John Judge6285.2-3.1
Total formal votes12,12497.5-1.2
Informal votes3062.5+1.2
Turnout 12,43085.7-8.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 6,77055.8-1.8
Labor Alex Wilson 5,35444.2+1.8
Independent hold Swing -1.8
1972 Queensland state election: Townsville South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tom Aikens 5,50051.0-2.1
Labor Alex Wilson 4,39140.7+6.0
Queensland Labor Kerry Smith8908.3-2.6
Total formal votes10,78198.7
Informal votes1441.3
Turnout 10,92593.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 6,21057.6-1.6
Labor Alex Wilson 4,57142.4+1.6
Independent hold Swing -1.6

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Townsville South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tom Aikens 8,08553.1-10.1
Labor Leslie Moon5,28134.7-0.8
Queensland Labor Bryan Hurney1,65310.9+10.9
Communist Francis Bishop2061.30.0
Total formal votes15,22598.5-0.2
Informal votes2241.5+0.2
Turnout 15,44990.7-3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 9,01359.2-4.7
Labor Leslie Moon6,21240.8+4.7
Independent hold Swing -4.7
1966 Queensland state election: Townsville South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tom Aikens 9,26063.2+3.0
Labor Arthur Trower5,19635.5-4.3
Communist Francis Bishop1941.3+1.3
Total formal votes14,65098.7+0.3
Informal votes1861.3-0.3
Turnout 14,83693.7-0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 9,36163.9+3.7
Labor Arthur Trower5,28936.1-3.7
Independent hold Swing +3.7
1963 Queensland state election: Townsville South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 8,22960.2-6.6
Labor Arthur Trower5,45039.8+6.6
Total formal votes13,67999.0+0.7
Informal votes1401.0-0.7
Turnout 13,81994.0+0.7
NQ Labor hold Swing -6.6
1960 Queensland state election: Townsville South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 8,50166.8
Labor Bill Edmonds 4,21633.2
Total formal votes12,71798.3
Informal votes2231.7
Turnout 12,94093.3
NQ Labor win(new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0909779244.
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