Electoral results for the district of Townsville West

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

Members for Townsville West

Member		Party	Term
	Perc Tucker	Labor	1972–1974
	Max Hooper	National	1974–1980
	Geoff Smith	Labor	1980–1986

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Queensland state election: Townsville West ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Smith	7,605	51.2	−1.3
	National	Clifford Donohue	4,700	31.6	−13.5
	Liberal	Leslie Tyrell	1,845	12.4	+12.4
	Independent	Ron Aitken	709	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			14,859	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			195	1.3	−0.5
Turnout			15,054	88.5	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Smith	8,372	56.3	+1.9
	National	Clifford Donohue	6,487	43.7	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

1980 Queensland state election: Townsville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Smith	7,356	52.5	+8.3
	National	Max Hooper	6,321	45.1	+13.8
	Communist	Frank Bishop	325	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			14,002	98.2	−0.7
Informal votes			263	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			14,265	86.9	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Smith	7,616	54.4	+5.3
	National	Max Hooper	6,386	45.6	−5.3
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Townsville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Smith	6,016	44.2	+1.4
	National	Max Hooper	4,259	31.3	+18.0
	Liberal	Fred Greensill	2,473	18.2	−5.3
	Independent	Lilian Malcolm	873	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			13,621	98.9
Informal votes			144	1.1
Turnout			13,765	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Max Hooper	6,931	50.9	−5.0
	Labor	Geoff Smith	6,690	49.1	+5.0
	National hold		Swing	-5.0

1974 Queensland state election: Townsville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Perc Tucker	5,318	42.8	−6.4
	Liberal	Keith Rundle	2,926	23.5	−4.0
	National	Max Hooper	1,652	13.3	+13.3
	National	Bryan Newell	1,606	12.9	+12.9
	Queensland Labor	Kiernan Dorney	926	7.4	−2.8
Total formal votes			12,428	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			163	1.3	0.0
Turnout			12,591	90.6	−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Max Hooper	6,657	53.6	+5.8
	Labor	Perc Tucker	5,771	46.4	−5.8
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+5.8

1972 Queensland state election: Townsville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Perc Tucker	5,526	49.2	+1.6
	Liberal	Keith Rundle	3,091	27.5	+2.3
	Country	Jean Thomas	1,477	13.1	−3.9
	Queensland Labor	Brian Hurney	1,146	10.2	0.0
Total formal votes			11,240	98.7
Informal votes			145	1.3
Turnout			11,385	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Perc Tucker	5,862	52.2	+2.0
	Liberal	Keith Rundle	5,378	47.8	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

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.