Electoral results for the district of Townsville explained

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

Members for Townsville

First incarnation (1878–1885, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
		John Deane	Unaligned	1878–1879
		John Murtagh Macrossan	Unaligned	1879–1885
Second incarnation (1885–1912, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
		John Murtagh Macrossan	Unaligned	1885–1891
		William Villiers Brown	Unaligned	1885–1888
		Robert Philp	Opposition/Ministerialist	1888–1912
		William Villiers Brown	Unaligned	1891–1893
		George Burns	Ministerialist	1893
		Anthony Ogden	Labor	1894–1896
		William Castling	Ministerialist	1896–1899
		Patrick Hanran	Ministerialist	1899–1909
		Thomas Foley	Labor	1909–1912
Third incarnation (1912–1960, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
		Robert Philp	Opposition/Ministerialist	1912–1915
		Daniel Ryan	Labor	1915–1920
		William Green	Northern Country	1920–1923
		Maurice Hynes	Labor	1923–1939
		George Keyatta	Labor	1939–1960
Fourth incarnation (1972–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
		Norman Scott-Young	Liberal	1972–1983
		Ken McElligott	Labor	1983–1986
		Tony Burreket	National	1986–1989
		Ken Davies	Labor	1989–1992
		Geoff Smith	Labor	1992–1998
		Mike Reynolds	Labor	1998–2009
		Mandy Johnstone	Labor	2009–2012
		John Hathaway	Liberal National	2012–2015
		Scott Stewart	Labor	2015–2024
		Adam Baillie	Liberal National	2024–present

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

See Electoral district of Townsville South 1960-1986 and Electoral district of Townsville North 1960-1972 created through redistribution.

Also see Electoral district of Townsville East 1986-1992, Electoral district of Townsville West 1972-1986, Electoral district of Mundingburra 1912-1960, 1992- and Electoral district of Burdekin 1949- created through redistributions.

Elections in the 1930s

• Preferences were not distributed.

• Preferences were not distributed.