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Electoral results for the district of Townsville South

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

Members for Townsville South

Member		Party	Term
	Tom Aikens	NQLP	1960–1977
	Alex Wilson	Labor	1977–1986

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Queensland state election: Townsville South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Wilson	7,683	55.5	+6.6
	National	Dickway Goon-Chew	5,205	37.6	+12.1
	Liberal	Theo Theofanes	967	7.0	-12.3
Total formal votes			13,855	98.8	+0.2
Informal votes			164	1.2	-0.2
Turnout			14,019	90.5	+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alex Wilson	7,899	57.0	-0.6
	National	Dickway Goon-Chew	5,956	43.0	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

1980 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Wilson	6,667	48.9	-0.5
	National	Alan Metcalfe	3,481	25.5	+25.5
	Liberal	Hector Garrick	2,630	19.3	+19.3
	Independent	Francis Rossiter	864	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			13,642	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			192	1.4	-0.7
Turnout			13,834	86.3	-2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alex Wilson	7,861	57.6	+6.6
	National	Alan Metcalfe	5,781	42.4	-6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Wilson	6,621	49.4	+8.8
	Independent	Tom Aikens	6,173	46.0	-2.5
	Independent	Eric Milne	623	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			13,417	97.9
Informal votes			283	2.1
Turnout			13,700	88.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Alex Wilson	6,837	51.0	+1.6
	Independent	Tom Aikens	6,580	49.0	-1.6
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	+1.6

1974 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Aikens	5,881	48.5	-2.5
	Labor	Alex Wilson	4,924	40.6	-0.1
	Australia	Leonard Weber	691	5.7	+5.7
	Queensland Labor	John Judge	628	5.2	-3.1
Total formal votes			12,124	97.5	-1.2
Informal votes			306	2.5	+1.2
Turnout			12,430	85.7	-8.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Aikens	6,770	55.8	-1.8
	Labor	Alex Wilson	5,354	44.2	+1.8
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.8

1972 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Aikens	5,500	51.0	-2.1
	Labor	Alex Wilson	4,391	40.7	+6.0
	Queensland Labor	Kerry Smith	890	8.3	-2.6
Total formal votes			10,781	98.7
Informal votes			144	1.3
Turnout			10,925	93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Aikens	6,210	57.6	-1.6
	Labor	Alex Wilson	4,571	42.4	+1.6
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.6

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Aikens	8,085	53.1	-10.1
	Labor	Leslie Moon	5,281	34.7	-0.8
	Queensland Labor	Bryan Hurney	1,653	10.9	+10.9
	Communist	Francis Bishop	206	1.3	0.0
Total formal votes			15,225	98.5	-0.2
Informal votes			224	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			15,449	90.7	-3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Aikens	9,013	59.2	-4.7
	Labor	Leslie Moon	6,212	40.8	+4.7
	Independent hold		Swing	-4.7

1966 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Aikens	9,260	63.2	+3.0
	Labor	Arthur Trower	5,196	35.5	-4.3
	Communist	Francis Bishop	194	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			14,650	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			186	1.3	-0.3
Turnout			14,836	93.7	-0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Aikens	9,361	63.9	+3.7
	Labor	Arthur Trower	5,289	36.1	-3.7
	Independent hold		Swing	+3.7

1963 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	8,229	60.2	-6.6
	Labor	Arthur Trower	5,450	39.8	+6.6
Total formal votes			13,679	99.0	+0.7
Informal votes			140	1.0	-0.7
Turnout			13,819	94.0	+0.7
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	-6.6

1960 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	8,501	66.8
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	4,216	33.2
Total formal votes			12,717	98.3
Informal votes			223	1.7
Turnout			12,940	93.3
	NQ Labor win		(new seat)

References

^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Electoral results for the former districts of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

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