2016 Toowoomba South state by-election

A by-election was conducted for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Toowoomba South on 16 July 2016, following the 29 April resignation of LNP MP John McVeigh. McVeigh resigned after he was preselected as the LNP candidate for the federal division of Groom at the 2016 federal election.^[1]

Nominations

The six candidates in ballot paper order are as follows:

Candidate nominations
Party		Candidate	Background
	Katter's Australian Party	Ken Elliott	Teacher.^[2]
	Liberal National Party	David Janetzki	Corporate lawyer and head of banking at Heritage Bank.^[3]
	Independent	Di Thorley	Former nurse and city councillor, mayor of Toowoomba from 2000 to 2007.^[4]
	Independent	Rob Berry	Real estate agent and former business development bank manager.^[5]
	Family First Party	Alexandra Todd	Designer with a degree in architecture. Candidate for Groom at the 2013 federal election.^[6]
	Queensland Greens	Ken Gover	Dentist. Contested Toowoomba North at the 2015 Queensland state election.^[7]

Toowoomba South state by-election, 16 July 2016^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	David Janetzki	13,005	46.37	−8.96
	Independent	Di Thorley	9,827	35.04	+35.04
	Family First	Alexandra Todd	2,019	7.20	+7.20
	Greens	Ken Gover	1,519	5.42	−4.44
	Katter's Australian	Ken Elliott	1,188	4.24	+4.24
	Independent	Rob Berry	486	1.73	+1.73
Total formal votes			28,044	96.76	−0.79
Informal votes			940	3.24	+0.79
Turnout			28,984	83.49	−8.80
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal National	David Janetzki	15,591	55.59	−10.07
	Independent	Di Thorley	12,453	44.41	+44.41
	Liberal National hold		Swing	n/a

^ Remeikis, Amy (10 May 2016). "Toowoomba South by-election date set to replace John McVeigh". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "KAP Launches Toowoomba South Candidate Ken Elliott". Katter's Australian Party. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ "Toowoomba South LNP candidate David Janetzki ready". Toowoomba Chronicle. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ "Ex-mayor Di Thorley to contest Toowoomba South by-election as independent". ABC News. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ "Rob Berry". Toowoomba Chronicle. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ "Groom Results". 2013 Federal Election. ABC. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ "Greens candidate for Toowoomba South to contest seat". Toowoomba Chronicle. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ 2016 Toowoomba South By-Election - Toowoomba South - District Summary: ECQ

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