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]
| 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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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 | 14,591 | 50.41 | +5.80 | |
| Liberal National | Warren Craze | 8,706 | 30.08 | −0.19 | |
| Greens | Claire Garton | 3,636 | 12.56 | −2.06 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Nikolas Peterson | 1,072 | 3.70 | +3.70 | |
| One Nation | Claudia Roel | 939 | 3.24 | −7.25 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,944 | 96.69 | +1.52 | ||
| Informal votes | 990 | 3.31 | −1.52 | ||
| Turnout | 29,934 | 87.98 | +1.84 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Peter Russo | 18,674 | 64.52 | +4.50 | |
| Liberal National | Warren Craze | 10,270 | 35.48 | −4.50 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.50 | |||
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Toohey – District Summary, ECQ.