Electoral results for the district of Townsville East

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Townsville East in Queensland state elections.

Members for Townsville East

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Member Party Term
  Geoff Smith Labor 1986–1992

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Queensland state election: Townsville East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Smith 11,009 61.8 +8.8
National Dickway Goon Chew 4,487 25.2 −5.8
Liberal Susanne Luckel 2,313 13.0 −2.9
Total formal votes 17,809 97.0 −1.1
Informal votes 555 3.0 +1.1
Turnout 18,364 89.0 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Smith 11,451 64.3 +6.8
National Dickway Goon Chew 6,358 35.7 −6.8
Labor hold Swing +6.8
1986 Queensland state election: Townsville East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Smith 8,936 53.0
National Dickway Goon Chew 5,234 31.1
Liberal Vincent Nielsen 2,686 15.9
Total formal votes 16,856 98.1
Informal votes 332 1.9
Turnout 17,188 88.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Smith 9,692 57.5 −2.4
National Dickway Goon Chew 7,164 42.5 +2.4
Labor hold Swing −2.4

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Townsville East". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 7 August 2021.