With the Electoral Commissiuon of Queensland having reached 73.20% of counting of votes in the Toowomba Regional Council poll the outcome is becoming evident.
With 10 Councillors required, the Top Ten candidates and their vote tally is as follows:
| Rebecca Vonhoff | 51, 167 |
| Geoff McDonald* | 48,797 |
| Megan O’Hara Sullivan* | 46, 998 |
| Carol Taylor* | 46,522 |
| James O’Shea* | 45,293 |
| Bill Cahill* | 44,662 |
| Kerry Shine | 44, 352 |
| Nancy Sommerfield* | 43, 790 |
| Melissa Taylor | 39,062 |
| Tim McMahon | 31,716 |
*Returning Councillor
With less than 30% remaining to be counted, and a gap of almost 7,000 votes to the nearest competing candidate, it is most likely when declared, the incoming council will be comprised of the 10 candidates above.
Trailing contenders in the 24 thousand votes category are Joy Mingay, Lizzie Adams, David Campbell and Garry Humphries. Informal Votes so far represent 1.21%.
(ECQ as at April 7, 2020 5:29 PM)
Paul Antonio has been returned as Toowoomba Region Mayor with 72.74% of the poll (65,891 votes), Christopher Meibusch (19.22% – 17,408) and Douglas Doelle (8.05% – 7,291 votes). (81.83% counted)
