Toowoomba South is an
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
of the
Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
Queensland
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. It was created with the 1972 redistribution, and replaced the abolished
Toowoomba East.
The electorate covers the eastern and inner southern suburbs 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 C ...
. It excludes the outer southern suburbs of Toowoomba,
Drayton,
Darling Heights and the other areas near the
University of Southern Queensland
The University of Southern Queensland (branded as UniSQ and formerly branded as USQ) is a medium-sized, regional university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, with three university campuses at Toowoomba, Springfield and Ipswich. It offe ...
, 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 was held by
John McVeigh for the
Liberal National Party, until his resignation on 29 April 2016 to contest the federal seat of
Groom at the
2016 federal election.
David Janetzki
David Carl Janetzki (born 28 June 1978) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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was elected at the subsequent
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
on 16 July 2016.
Members for Toowoomba South
Election results
References
External links
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{{Electoral districts of Queensland
Darling Downs
Toowoomba South
Toowoomba