Electoral district of East Toowoomba

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Toowoomba East.

Electoral District of East 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 East Toowoomba, Toowoomba and Drayton. East Toowoomba ceased to exist in 1950.^[1]

East Toowoomba Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State	Queensland
Created	1912
Abolished	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.

Members for East Toowoomba

Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Roberts	Liberal; Opposition	1912–1934
	James Annand	Country	1934–1935
	James Kane	Labor	1935–1938
	Herbert Yeates	Country	1938–1945
	Les Wood	Labor	1946–1947
	Gordon Chalk	Liberal	1947–1950

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of East Toowoomba

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name

References

1. (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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