Electoral district of Townsville
| Townsville Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Townsville, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1878–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Scott Stewart | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| 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.
Election results[change | change source]
| 2020 Queensland state election: Townsville[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Scott Stewart | 10,289 | 36.20 | +2.62 | |
| Liberal National | John Hathaway | 9,508 | 33.45 | +2.53 | |
| Katter's Australian | Joshua Schwarz | 3,204 | 11.27 | +11.27 | |
| Greens | Tom O'Grady | 2,366 | 8.32 | −2.53 | |
| One Nation | Clive Clarkson | 1,293 | 4.55 | −15.37 | |
| Animal Justice | Samara Grumberg | 554 | 1.95 | +1.95 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Toni McMahon | 534 | 1.88 | +1.88 | |
| United Australia | Greg Dowling | 520 | 1.83 | +1.83 | |
| NQ First | Clynton Hawks | 157 | 0.55 | +0.55 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,425 | 95.04 | −1.03 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,484 | 4.96 | +1.03 | ||
| Turnout | 29,909 | 84.64 | +0.70 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Scott Stewart | 15,099 | 53.12 | +2.74 | |
| Liberal National | John Hathaway | 13,326 | 46.88 | −2.74 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +2.74 | |||