Electoral district of East Toowoomba
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The Electoral District of East Toowoomba was an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of Queensland
. It was created in 1912 when the old seat of Drayton & Toowoomba
split into East Toowoomba, Toowoomba
and Drayton. East Toowoomba ceased to exist in 1950.
In the 1960 redistribution, a seat of Toowoomba East
(along with Toowoomba West
) was created that lasted until 1972.
When East Toowoomba was lost to redistribution, Sir Gordon Chalk
contested the seat of Lockyer successfully.
Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.-Districts in Far North Queensland:*Barron River*Cairns*Cook*Mulgrave*Dalrymple...
of the Legislative Assembly
Queensland Legislative Assembly
The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. It was created in 1912 when the old seat of Drayton & Toowoomba
Electoral district of Drayton & Toowoomba
Electoral District of Drayton and Toowoomba was the original seat for the urban settlement on the eastern Darling Downs. In 1912, it was redistributed into Drayton , Toowoomba and East Toowoomba ....
split into East Toowoomba, Toowoomba
Electoral district of Toowoomba
The Electoral District of Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 1912 when the old seat of Drayton & Toowoomba split into Toowoomba, East Toowoomba and Drayton...
and Drayton. East Toowoomba ceased to exist in 1950.
In the 1960 redistribution, a seat of Toowoomba East
Electoral district of Toowoomba East
The Electoral district of Toowoomba East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution....
(along with Toowoomba West
Electoral district of Toowoomba West
The Electoral district of Toowoomba West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution....
) was created that lasted until 1972.
When East Toowoomba was lost to redistribution, Sir Gordon Chalk
Gordon Chalk
Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk, KBE was Premier of Queensland for a week, from 1 to 8 August 1968. He was the first, and only, Queensland Premier from the modern Liberal Party of Australia....
contested the seat of Lockyer successfully.
Members for East Toowoomba
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Roberts | Ministerialist; Opposition | 1912–1934 | |
| James Annand James Annand James Annand was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor and Liberal Party politician.Born at Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the eldest son of blacksmith Robert Annand and his wife Margaret Moir, James Annand began his working life following in his father's trade as a blacksmith in Longside... |
Country | 1934–1935 | |
| James Kane James Kane James David Kane was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for East Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1935 to 1938.... |
Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1935–1938 | |
| Herbert Yeates Herbert Yeates Herbert Yeates was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for East Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1938 to 1945.... |
Country | 1938–1945 | |
| Leslie Wood | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1946–1947 | |
| Gordon Chalk Gordon Chalk Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk, KBE was Premier of Queensland for a week, from 1 to 8 August 1968. He was the first, and only, Queensland Premier from the modern Liberal Party of Australia.... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1947–1950 | |