Division of Groom

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Groom
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1984
MP: Ian Macfarlane
Party: Liberal
Namesake: Littleton Groom
Electors: 89,917
Area: 5,585 km² (2,156.4 sq mi)
Demographic: Provincial

The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984, when the old Division of Darling Downs was abolished and is named in honour of Sir Littleton Groom, a long-serving member for Darling Downs.

It is located in the rural areas west of Brisbane and is centred on the city of Toowoomba, Australia's second largest inland City. Other centres include Oakey and Pittsworth.

The seat has never elected a Labor member and is considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party with a two party preferred vote of 68.95% at the 2004 election.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Tom McVeigh National 1984—1988
  Bill Taylor Liberal 1988—1998
  Ian Macfarlane Liberal 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Groom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Macfarlane 43,880 52.71 -7.52
Labor Chris Meibusch 28,994 34.83 +10.73
Greens Pauline Collins 4,028 4.84 +0.82
Family First Peter Findlay 3,649 4.38 -1.99
Independent Rob Berry 715 0.86 +0.86
Independent Grahame Volker 616 0.74 +0.74
Democrats Shalina Najeeb 608 0.73 -0.33
Independent Rod Jeanneret 497 0.60 -1.75
Citizens Electoral Council Irene Jones 263 0.32 -0.06
Total formal votes 83,250 96.94 +0.94
Informal votes 2,627 3.06 -0.94
Turnout 85,877 95.51 +0.14
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Ian Macfarlane 48,468 58.22 -10.59
Labor Chris Meibusch 34,782 41.78 +10.59
Liberal hold Swing -10.59
Australian federal election, 2004: Groom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Macfarlane 49,131 60.36 +13.50
Labor Paul B King 19,516 23.98 +0.32
Family First Peter C Findlay 5,168 6.35 +6.35
Greens Karey Harrison 3,252 4.00 +0.45
Independent Rod Jeanneret 1,929 2.37 +2.37
Great Australians Noel Wieck 1,230 1.51 +1.51
Democrats Christoph Donges 860 1.06 -2.17
Citizens Electoral Council Oliver Carter 310 0.38 +0.38
Total formal votes 81,396 96.00 -0.57
Informal votes 3,392 4.00 +0.57
Turnout 84,788 94.69 -1.98
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Ian Macfarlane 56,121 68.95 +3.86
Labor Paul B King 25,275 31.05 -3.86
Liberal hold Swing +3.86

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