Townsville Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Electoral map of Townsville, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1878–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Adam Baillie | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Townsville | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 35,337 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 251 km2 (96.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°55′S 146°41′E / 18.917°S 146.683°E | ||||||||||||||
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Townsville is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1878.
Townsville is in Townsville.
2024 Queensland state election: Townsville[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | Adam Baillie | 8,744 | 42.1 | +8.6 | |
Labor | Scott Stewart | 6,286 | 30.2 | -5.9 | |
Katter's Australian | Margie Ryder | 2,481 | 11.9 | +0.7 | |
Greens | Benjamin Tiley | 1,677 | 8.1 | -0.3 | |
One Nation | Alan Butt | 746 | 3.6 | -1.0 | |
Independent | Wesley Newman | 533 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Family First | William Tento | 309 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | |||||
Informal votes | 830 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 21,606 | ||||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Adam Baillie | 11,616 | 55.9 | +9.1 | |
Labor | Scott Stewart | 9,151 | 44.1 | -9.1 | |
Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +9.1 |