Electoral district of Toohey
| Toohey Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Toohey 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Peter Russo | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Toohey Forest Park | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 34,022 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 36 km2 (13.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°33′55″S 153°03′03″E / 27.5652°S 153.0509°E | ||||||||||||||
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Toohey is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution. It was named after Toohey Forest Park.[1]
It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Sunnybank. Located in southern Brisbane, Toohey consists of the suburbs of Moorooka, Rocklea, Salisbury, Nathan, Coopers Plains, Robertson, MacGregor, Sunnybank, Runcorn and Eight Mile Plains.[1]
From results of the 2015 election, Toohey was estimated to be a fairly safe seat for the Labor Party with a margin of 8.3%.[2]
Members for Toohey
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Russo | Labor | 2017–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter Russo | 12,319 | 41.8 | −8.7 | |
| Liberal National | Taylor Hull | 10,251 | 34.8 | +4.7 | |
| Greens | Melissa McArdle | 5,463 | 18.5 | +6.0 | |
| One Nation | Hayden O'Brien | 1,457 | 4.9 | +1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,490 | 96.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,113 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 30,603 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Peter Russo | 17,408 | 59.0 | −5.5 | |
| Liberal National | Taylor Hull | 12,082 | 41.0 | +5.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
See also
[edit]- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
[edit]- ^ a b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 180. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Toohey - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.