Final Toowoomba City Council by-election results ...

Final results:

Total voters: 61,157
Votes cast: 49,377

1. Snow Manners: 13,900 votes (29.2% of valid votes; 28.15% of total votes cast; 22.73% of total possible votes)

No shows plus informals - 13,628 (22.28% of total possible votes)

No shows - 11,815 voters (based on ECQ records - 19.3% of total possible votes)

2. Hugh Rose: 6,404 votes (13.5% of valid votes)
3. Gary Love: 5,296 votes (11.1% of valid votes)
4. Lin Boyle: 3,711 votes (7.8% of valid votes)
5. Mick Smith: 3,678 votes (7.7% of valid votes)
6. Carol Rolls: 2,434 votes (5.1% of valid votes)
7. Darryl Higgs: 2,294 votes (4.8% of valid votes)

Informal votes - 1,813 votes (3.8% of valid votes; 2.96% of total possible votes)

8. Michael Kane: 1,754 votes (3.7% of valid votes)
9. Darren Smith: 1,461 votes (3.1% of valid votes)
10. Neil Brown: 1,355 votes (2.8% of valid votes)
11. Ian MacRae Yeates: 1,083 votes (2.3% of valid votes)
12. George Westgarth: 1,026 votes (2.2% of valid votes)
13. Lindsay Martin: 991 votes (2.1% of valid votes)
14. Rob Berry: 786 votes (1.7% of valid votes)
15. Peter Terrill: 715 votes (1.5% of valid votes)
16. Frank Ondrus: 676 votes (1.4% of valid votes)

Interestingly, Snow Manners was the only candidate to poll more votes (13,900) than the combined no shows and informals (13,628).

Nine candidates failed to gather more votes than the informal count (1,813).

Anyone in this group should consider whether it is appropriate or even worthwhile running again in 2008 ...