Electoral district of Toowoomba North

Not to be confused with Electoral district of North Toowoomba.

Toowoomba North Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Toowoomba North (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Kerry Shine
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Toowoomba

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.

It covers the northern and inner western suburbs of the city of Toowoomba (Cranley, Harlaxton, Mount Lofty, Prince Henry Heights, Rockville, Wilsonton, Wetala, as well as the northern parts of North and East Toowoomba. It also includes the urban fringe area of Blue Mountain Heights and the townships of Meringandan and Spring Bluff and the satellite town of Highfields. It excludes the western suburbs of Toowoomba, (i.e. those in Jondaryan Shire) which are in Darling Downs.

The electorate is currently represented by Kerry Shine, the previous Attorney General in the Australian Labor Party government of Anna Bligh.

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–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Toowoomba North

Queensland state election, 2009: Toowoomba North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Shine	13,911	47.7	-2.7
	Liberal National	Trevor Watts	12,289	42.1	+6.0
	Greens	Brett Robinson	1,515	5.2	-0.4
	Family First	Archie Franz	654	2.2	-2.2
	Independent	Perry Jewell	494	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Neil Riethmuller	303	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			29,166	98.1
Informal votes			544	1.9
Turnout			29,710	91.7
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Kerry Shine	14,651	53.2	-4.4
	Liberal National	Trevor Watts	12,876	46.8	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)