Electoral district of Darling Downs (Queensland)

Darling Downs
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Darling Downs; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State	Queensland
Dates current	1873–1888; 2001–2009
Namesake	Darling Downs

Darling Downs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was named for the Darling Downs region.^[1]

The district covered rural areas in southern Queensland to the immediate west and north of Toowoomba, not including the city itself. Darling Downs included the towns of Dalby, Oakey and Crows Nest. The electorate was first created for the 2001 election.

In 2008, Darling Downs was abolished – with effect at the 2009 election – following a redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Its former territory and voters were divided between the districts of Warrego, Nanango, Toowoomba North and a new seat called Condamine.

An earlier district based in the same region was also called Darling Downs. It existed as a single member electorate from 1873 to 1878 and as a dual member electorate from 1878 to 1888.

Members for Darling Downs edit

First incarnation (1873–1888) edit

Single member electorate (1873–1878) edit

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Edward Wienholt	Ministerialist	4 November 1873 – 1 February 1875	Resigned so he could travel to Europe
		William Graham	Unaligned	23 March 1875 – 26 November 1878	Won by-election. Did not contest 1878 election

Dual member electorate (1878–1888) edit

Member	Party	Term	Notes	Member	Party	Term	Notes
William Miles	Oppositionist	26 November 1878 – 22 August 1887	Died in office	Francis Kates	Ministerialist	26 November 1878 – 1 November 1881	Resigned
				William Allan	Conservative	29 November 1881 – 1 October 1883	Won by-election. Did not contest 1883 election^[2]
				Francis Kates	Ministerialist	1 October 1883 – 4 May 1888
William Allan	Conservative	6 September 1887 – 4 May 1888	Won by-election	Francis Kates	Ministerialist	1 October 1883 – 4 May 1888

Second incarnation (2001–2009) edit

Member	Party	Term	Notes
Ray Hopper	Independent	17 February 2001 – December 2001	Joined National Party and later its successor, the Liberal National Party. Moved to Condamine after Darling Downs was abolished
	National	December 2001 – 26 July 2008
	Liberal National	26 July 2008 – 21 March 2009

Election results edit

References edit

^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "[By Electric Telegraph.]". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 9 August 1883. p. 2. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

27°26′18″S 151°43′08″E / 27.4382°S 151.719°E / -27.4382; 151.719

[qpe-1] "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[2] "[By Electric Telegraph.]". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 9 August 1883. p. 2. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

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