GROOM, Qld 101,512 enrolled, 94,627 (93.2%) voted ==================================================================== South-east Qld: Blue Mountain Heights, Middle Ridge, Oakey, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Liberal 16.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Sands FF 9,140 10.0 +07.3 Bronwyn Herbertson ALP 20,259 22.2 +00.1 Josie Townsend NXT 6,960 07.7 Dr John McVEIGH + LNP 49,270 54.1 -01.5 Antonia van Geuns Grn 5,618 06.0 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,380 (03.6%) informal 91,247 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Van Geuns's 5,618 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sands 1,035 18.4 10,175 11.2 Herbertson 2,481 44.2 22,740 24.9 Townsend 1,266 22.5 8,226 09.0 McVEIGH + 836 14.9 50,106 54.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,618 91,983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Townsend's 8,226 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sands 2,750 33.4 12,925 14.2 Herbertson 3,148 38.3 25,888 28.4 McVEIGH + 2,328 28.3 52,434 57.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 8,226 91,983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Sands's 12,925 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sands 5,770 44.6 31,658 34.7 McVEIGH + 7,155 55.4 59,589 65.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 12,925 91,983 15.5 01.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Joseph McVeigh (born 1971): Elected 2016 Born: 1971 Career: Educated University of Southern Queensland, Bond University, University of Queensland (PhD). Management consultant, company director. Toowoomba Regional Council 2008-12. Qld MLA for Toowoomba South 2012-16. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestries 2012-15. Son of Hon Tom McVeigh MHR. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government from 20 December 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom McVeigh sat with the Liberals in the House of Representatives. --------------------------------------------------------------------