| Darling Downs Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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| State or territory: | 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.
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 state 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.
| Single member electorate (1873–1878) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Edward Wienholt | Unaligned | 1873–1875 | |
| William Graham | Unaligned | 1875–1878 | |
| Dual member electorate (1878–1888) | |||||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| William Miles | Unaligned | 1878–1887 | Francis Kates | Ministerialist | 1878–1881 | ||
| William Allan | Unaligned | 1881–1883 | |||||
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Francis Kates | Ministerialist | 1883–1888 | ||||
| William Allan | Unaligned | 1887–1888 | |||||
| Second incarnation (2001–2009) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Ray Hopper | Independent | 2001 | |
| National | 2001–2008 | ||
| Liberal National | 2008–2009 | ||