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The Electoral district of Toowoomba East was an
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
of the Legislative Assembly in the
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n state of
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. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution. The seat was based on the City of
Toowoomba Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...
. The member for
Toowoomba Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...
,
Mervyn Anderson Mervyn John Reginald "Curly" Anderson (4 April 1909 – 14 November 1971) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Anderson was born at Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of John Anderson and his wife Clara Jane (née Harrold ...
successfully stood for election in Toowoomba East in 1960 after his previous seat was lost in the redistribution. The sitting member, Peter Wood, successfully stood for election in the new seat of Toowoomba South in the 1972 election.


Members for Toowoomba East

The members for Toowoomba East were:


Election results


See also

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Electoral districts of Queensland This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia. Current Districts by region Districts in Far North Queensland * Barron River *Cairns * Coo ...
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former Electoral di ...
by year * :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Electoral District of Toowoomba East Darling Downs Toowoomba Toowoomba East Toowoomba East Toowoomba East Constituencies established in 1960 Constituencies disestablished in 1972