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State electoral district of Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toohey is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution. It was named after Toohey Forest Park.[1]
Toohey Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Electoral map of Toohey 2017 | |||||||||||||||
State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Peter Russo | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Toohey Forest Park | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 34,022 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 36 km2 (13.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27.5652°S 153.0509°E | ||||||||||||||
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It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Sunnybank. Located in southern Brisbane, Toohey consists of the suburbs of Moorooka, Rocklea, Salisbury, Nathan, Coopers Plains, Robertson, MacGregor, Sunnybank, Runcorn and Eight Mile Plains.[1]
From results of the 2015 election, Toohey was estimated to be a fairly safe seat for the Labor Party with a margin of 8.3%.[2]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Peter Russo | Labor | 2017–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Peter Russo | 14,591 | 50.41 | +5.80 | |
Liberal National | Warren Craze | 8,706 | 30.08 | −0.19 | |
Greens | Claire Garton | 3,636 | 12.56 | −2.06 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Nikolas Peterson | 1,072 | 3.70 | +3.70 | |
One Nation | Claudia Roel | 939 | 3.24 | −7.25 | |
Total formal votes | 28,944 | 96.69 | +1.52 | ||
Informal votes | 990 | 3.31 | −1.52 | ||
Turnout | 29,934 | 87.98 | +1.84 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Russo | 18,674 | 64.52 | +4.50 | |
Liberal National | Warren Craze | 10,270 | 35.48 | −4.50 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.50 |
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