Electoral results for the district of Townsville South

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

Members for Townsville South

Member Party Term
  Tom Aikens NQLP 1960–1977
  Alex Wilson Labor 1977–1986

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Queensland state election: Townsville South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Wilson 7,683 55.5 +6.6
National Dickway Goon-Chew 5,205 37.6 +12.1
Liberal Theo Theofanes 967 7.0 −12.3
Total formal votes 13,855 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 164 1.2 −0.2
Turnout 14,019 90.5 +4.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 7,899 57.0 −0.6
National Dickway Goon-Chew 5,956 43.0 +0.6
Labor hold Swing −0.6
1980 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Wilson 6,667 48.9 −0.5
National Alan Metcalfe 3,481 25.5 +25.5
Liberal Hector Garrick 2,630 19.3 +19.3
Independent Francis Rossiter 864 6.3 +6.3
Total formal votes 13,642 98.6 +0.7
Informal votes 192 1.4 −0.7
Turnout 13,834 86.3 −2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 7,861 57.6 +6.6
National Alan Metcalfe 5,781 42.4 −6.6
Labor hold Swing +6.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Wilson 6,621 49.4 +8.8
Independent Tom Aikens 6,173 46.0 −2.5
Independent Eric Milne 623 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 13,417 97.9
Informal votes 283 2.1
Turnout 13,700 88.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Alex Wilson 6,837 51.0 +1.6
Independent Tom Aikens 6,580 49.0 −1.6
Labor gain from Independent Swing +1.6
1974 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 5,881 48.5 −2.5
Labor Alex Wilson 4,924 40.6 −0.1
Australia Leonard Weber 691 5.7 +5.7
Queensland Labor John Judge 628 5.2 −3.1
Total formal votes 12,124 97.5 −1.2
Informal votes 306 2.5 +1.2
Turnout 12,430 85.7 −8.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 6,770 55.8 −1.8
Labor Alex Wilson 5,354 44.2 +1.8
Independent hold Swing −1.8
1972 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 5,500 51.0 −2.1
Labor Alex Wilson 4,391 40.7 +6.0
Queensland Labor Kerry Smith 890 8.3 −2.6
Total formal votes 10,781 98.7
Informal votes 144 1.3
Turnout 10,925 93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 6,210 57.6 −1.6
Labor Alex Wilson 4,571 42.4 +1.6
Independent hold Swing −1.6

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 8,085 53.1 −10.1
Labor Leslie Moon 5,281 34.7 −0.8
Queensland Labor Bryan Hurney 1,653 10.9 +10.9
Communist Francis Bishop 206 1.3 0.0
Total formal votes 15,225 98.5 −0.2
Informal votes 224 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 15,449 90.7 −3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 9,013 59.2 −4.7
Labor Leslie Moon 6,212 40.8 +4.7
Independent hold Swing −4.7
1966 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 9,260 63.2 +3.0
Labor Arthur Trower 5,196 35.5 −4.3
Communist Francis Bishop 194 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 14,650 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 186 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 14,836 93.7 −0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 9,361 63.9 +3.7
Labor Arthur Trower 5,289 36.1 −3.7
Independent hold Swing +3.7
1963 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 8,229 60.2 −6.6
Labor Arthur Trower 5,450 39.8 +6.6
Total formal votes 13,679 99.0 +0.7
Informal votes 140 1.0 −0.7
Turnout 13,819 94.0 +0.7
NQ Labor hold Swing −6.6
1960 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 8,501 66.8
Labor Bill Edmonds 4,216 33.2
Total formal votes 12,717 98.3
Informal votes 223 1.7
Turnout 12,940 93.3
NQ Labor win (new seat)

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)