Electoral results for the district of Townsville West

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Townsville West in Queensland state elections.

Members for Townsville West

Member Party Term
  Perc Tucker Labor 1972–1974
  Max Hooper National 1974–1980
  Geoff Smith Labor 1980–1986

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Queensland state election: Townsville West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Smith 7,605 51.2 −1.3
National Clifford Donohue 4,700 31.6 −13.5
Liberal Leslie Tyrell 1,845 12.4 +12.4
Independent Ron Aitken 709 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 14,859 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 195 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 15,054 88.5 +1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Smith 8,372 56.3 +1.9
National Clifford Donohue 6,487 43.7 −1.9
Labor hold Swing +1.9
1980 Queensland state election: Townsville West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Smith 7,356 52.5 +8.3
National Max Hooper 6,321 45.1 +13.8
Communist Frank Bishop 325 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 14,002 98.2 −0.7
Informal votes 263 1.8 +0.7
Turnout 14,265 86.9 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Smith 7,616 54.4 +5.3
National Max Hooper 6,386 45.6 −5.3
Labor gain from National Swing +5.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Townsville West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Smith 6,016 44.2 +1.4
National Max Hooper 4,259 31.3 +18.0
Liberal Fred Greensill 2,473 18.2 −5.3
Independent Lilian Malcolm 873 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 13,621 98.9
Informal votes 144 1.1
Turnout 13,765 87.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Max Hooper 6,931 50.9 −5.0
Labor Geoff Smith 6,690 49.1 +5.0
National hold Swing −5.0
1974 Queensland state election: Townsville West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Perc Tucker 5,318 42.8 −6.4
Liberal Keith Rundle 2,926 23.5 −4.0
National Max Hooper 1,652 13.3 +13.3
National Bryan Newell 1,606 12.9 +12.9
Queensland Labor Kiernan Dorney 926 7.4 −2.8
Total formal votes 12,428 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 163 1.3 0.0
Turnout 12,591 90.6 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Max Hooper 6,657 53.6 +5.8
Labor Perc Tucker 5,771 46.4 −5.8
National gain from Labor Swing +5.8
1972 Queensland state election: Townsville West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Perc Tucker 5,526 49.2 +1.6
Liberal Keith Rundle 3,091 27.5 +2.3
Country Jean Thomas 1,477 13.1 −3.9
Queensland Labor Brian Hurney 1,146 10.2 0.0
Total formal votes 11,240 98.7
Informal votes 145 1.3
Turnout 11,385 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Perc Tucker 5,862 52.2 +2.0
Liberal Keith Rundle 5,378 47.8 −2.0
Labor hold Swing +2.0

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)