ALP 8.3%
Incumbent MP
Peter Russo, since 2015.
Geography
Brisbane. Toohey covers southern parts of the City of Brisbane, specifically the suburbs of Sunnybank, Rocklea, Moorooka, Salisbury, Coopers Plains, Robertson, Macgregor, Nathan and Eight Mile Plains.
Redistribution
Toohey is primarily a successor to the seat of Sunnybank, while also taking in large parts of Yeerongpilly. Toohey gained the suburbs of Coopers Plains, Sunnybank, Robertson and Macgregor from Sunnybank, Rocklea, Moorooka, Salisbury and Nathan from Yeerongpilly, and Eight Mile Plains from Stretton. These changes increased the Labor margin from 7.2% to 8.3%.
History
The seat of Sunnybank first existed from 1992 to 2001, and was restored at the 2009 election.
The seat was won in 1992 by the ALP’s Stephen Robertson. In 2001 he moved to the new seat of Stretton. He has served as a minister since 1999.
The ALP’s Judy Spence won the seat of Mount Gravatt in 1989. She defeated the former National Party MP. Spence became a minister in the Labor government in 1998, serving in the ministry until the 2009 election.
In 2009, Mount Gravatt was abolished and Spence won the new seat of Sunnybank.
Spence retired in 2012, and Labor candidate Meg Bishop was defeated by LNP candidate Mark Stewart. Labor’s Peter Russo defeated Stewart in 2015.
Candidates
- Anthony Shorten (Liberal National)
- Victor Zhang (One Nation)
- Peter Russo (Labor)
- Gordon King (Greens)
Assessment
Toohey will likely remain in Labor hands.
2015 election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Peter Russo | Labor | 12,993 | 49.3 | +16.5 | 45.6 |
| Mark Stewart | Liberal National | 10,537 | 40.0 | -12.7 | 37.8 |
| Gordon King | Greens | 2,839 | 10.8 | +1.2 | 11.5 |
| Others | 4.1 | ||||
| Palmer United Party | 1.0 | ||||
| Informal | 626 | 2.3 |
2015 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Peter Russo | Labor | 14,564 | 57.2 | +17.4 | 58.3 |
| Mark Stewart | Liberal National | 10,901 | 42.8 | -17.4 | 41.7 |
| Exhausted | 904 | 3.4 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Toohey have been divided into three areas: north-east, south-east and west.
The ALP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas. Labor polled just under 53% in the north-east and south-east, and almost 70% in the west.
The Greens came third, with a vote ranging from 9% in the south-east to 15% in the west.
| Voter group | GRN prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| South-East | 9.0 | 52.9 | 9,909 | 32.6 |
| West | 15.2 | 69.4 | 7,286 | 24.0 |
| North-East | 11.4 | 52.8 | 2,915 | 9.6 |
| Other votes | 11.2 | 56.0 | 10,246 | 33.8 |
Election results in Toohey at the 2015 QLD state election
Click on the ‘visible layers’ box to toggle between two-party-preferred votes and Greens primary votes.
ALP retain
Shorten is hard working and will get a decent swing. Not enough to win it though.
Labor retain.