Toowoomba South is an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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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 ...

. 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

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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 The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established ...

was elected at the subsequent

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Members for Toowoomba South

Election results

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