The Electoral district of Toowoomba East was an
electoral district of the
Legislative Assembly in the
Australian state of
Queensland
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. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution.
The seat was based on the City of
Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...
.
The member for
Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...
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Mervyn Anderson
Mervyn John Reginald "Curly" Anderson (4 April 1909 – 14 November 1971) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Biography
Anderson was born at Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of John Anderson and his wife Clara Jane (née Harrold ...
successfully stood for election in Toowoomba East in 1960 after his previous seat was lost in the redistribution.
The sitting member,
Peter Wood, successfully stood for election in the new seat of
Toowoomba South in the 1972 election.
Members for Toowoomba East
The members for Toowoomba East were:
Election results
See also
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Electoral districts of Queensland
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.
Current Districts by region
Districts in Far North Queensland
* Barron River
*Cairns
*Cook
* ...
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament.
See also
* Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts
This is a list of current and former electoral div ...
by year
*
:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
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Darling Downs
Toowoomba
Toowoomba East
Toowoomba East
Toowoomba East
Constituencies established in 1960
Constituencies disestablished in 1972