Electoral district of Toowoomba South

Toowoomba South Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Toowoomba South (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Mike Horan
Party:	Liberal National Party
Namesake:	Toowoomba

Toowoomba South is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution, and replaced the abolished Toowoomba East.

The electorate covers the eastern and inner southern suburbs of Toowoomba. It excludes the outer southern suburbs of Toowoomba, Drayton, Darling Heights and the other areas near the University of Southern Queensland, which fall in Condamine.

It is part of the Darling Downs group of seats, and is bounded on the east by Lockyer, the north by Toowoomba North, and on the south and west by Condamine.

The electorate is represented by Mike Horan, for the Liberal National Party.

Members for Toowoomba South

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Wood	Labor	1972–1974
	John Warner	Country	1974–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1986
	Clive Berghofer	National	1986–1991
	Mike Horan	National	1991–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Toowoomba South

Queensland state election, 2009: Toowoomba South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Mike Horan	15,708	53.5	+1.9
	Labor	Dan Toombs	10,992	37.4	+4.9
	Greens	Barnaby Heaton	1,357	4.6	-1.5
	Independent	Peter Pyke	1,308	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			29,365	98.2
Informal votes			519	1.8
Turnout			29,884	91.9
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	Mike Horan	16,300	58.2	-3.0
	Labor	Dan Toombs	11,699	41.8	+3.0
	Liberal National hold		Swing	-3.0

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)