The district of Toowoomba North is an electoral district

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

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Queensland

Queensland

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. It was created with the 1972 redistribution. It replaced the abolished electorate of 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....

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It covers the northern and inner western suburbs of the city of Toowoomba

Toowoomba, Queensland

Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city...

 (Cranley, Harlaxton, Mount Lofty, Prince Henry Heights, Rockville, Wilsonton, Wetala, as well as the northern parts of North and East Toowoomba. It also includes the urban fringe area of Blue Mountain Heights

Blue Mountain Heights, Queensland

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 and the townships of Meringandan

Meringandan, Queensland

Meringandan is a small town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located near Highfields, NNW of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, Meringandan had a population of 1,474....

 and Spring Bluff

Spring Bluff, Queensland

Spring Bluff is a locality north of Toowoomba, Queensland. It is situated north of the city centre via New England Highway, and is adjacent to the town of Highfields....

 and the satellite town of Highfields

Highfields, Queensland

Highfields is a town, just north of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia along the New England Highway. It is situated on the Great Dividing Range, slightly north of Mount Kynoch. It serves as a satellite town to the city of Toowoomba, accommodating many of Toowoomba businesses' employees...

. It excludes the western suburbs of Toowoomba, (i.e. those in Jondaryan Shire) which are in Darling Downs

Electoral district of Darling Downs

Darling Downs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was named for the Darling Downs region....

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The electorate is currently represented by Kerry Shine

Kerry Shine

Kerry Gerard Shine is the Australian Labor Party representative of the seat of Toowoomba North in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He first ran for election in the 1998 state election...

, the previous Attorney General

Attorney General

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 in the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 government of Anna Bligh

Anna Bligh

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Members for Toowoomba North

Member		Party	Term
	Ray Bousen	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...	1972-1974
	John Lockwood	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...	1974-1983
	Sandy McPhie	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1983-1989
	John Flynn	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...	1989-1992
	Graham Healy Graham Healy Graham John Healy is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Toowoomba North in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2001....	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1992-2001
	Kerry Shine Kerry Shine Kerry Gerard Shine is the Australian Labor Party representative of the seat of Toowoomba North in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He first ran for election in the 1998 state election...	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...	2001-present

Election results

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)