Toowoomba North is an
electoral district of the
Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
Queensland
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. It was created with the 1972 redistribution. It replaced the abolished electorate of
Toowoomba West. Toowoomba North is largely based around the upper half of 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 ...
.
It covers the suburbs north of James Street, including Newtown, Wilsonton, Mount Lofty, etc. It also includes the urban fringe area of
Blue Mountain Heights, the satellite town of
Highfields and
Spring Bluff. It excludes certain western localities of Toowoomba, which are in the
Electoral district of Condamine
Condamine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
Condamine takes in areas to the north-west, west and south of Toowoomba. It includes a number of small towns, such as Oakey, Pittsworth, Ca ...
.
The electorate is currently represented by
Trevor Watts
Trevor Charles Watts (born 26 February 1939) is an English jazz and free-improvising alto and soprano saxophonist.
Biography
Watts was born in York, England. He is largely self-taught, having taken up the cornet at age 12 then switched to s ...
of the
Liberal National Party of Queensland
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other ...
.
Members for Toowoomba North
Election results
References
External links
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{{Electoral districts of Queensland
Darling Downs
Toowoomba North
Toowoomba