Division of Groom
| Groom Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
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Division of Groom (green) within Queensland | |
| Created | 1984 |
| MP | Ian Macfarlane |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Littleton Groom |
| Electors | 96,916 (2013) |
| Area | 5,594 km2 (2,159.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 mostly out of the old Division of Darling Downs. It is named in honour of Sir Littleton Groom, who represented Darling Downs with only one short break from 1901 to 1936 and served as Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.
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 currently a safe seat for the Liberal National Party, with a 16-point swing required for Labor to win it as of the 2013 election.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McVeigh | National | 1984–1988 | |
| Bill Taylor | Liberal | 1988–1998 | |
| Ian Macfarlane | Liberal | 1998–2010 | |
| Liberal National | 2010–present | ||
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Groom
| Australian federal election, 2013: Groom | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Ian Macfarlane | 48,966 | 55.64 | −5.61 | |
| Labor | Troy Murray | 19,451 | 22.10 | −0.57 | |
| Palmer United | Ewen Mathieson | 8,225 | 9.35 | +9.35 | |
| Greens | Trevor Smith | 3,823 | 4.34 | −2.96 | |
| Katter's Australian | Chris Whitty | 3,243 | 3.69 | +3.69 | |
| Family First | Alex Todd | 2,342 | 2.66 | −2.90 | |
| Rise Up Australia | Rick Armitage | 1,210 | 1.37 | +1.37 | |
| CEC | Robert Thies | 743 | 0.84 | +0.84 | |
| Total formal votes | 88,003 | 96.01 | +0.16 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,656 | 3.99 | −0.16 | ||
| Turnout | 91,659 | 94.58 | +0.16 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Ian Macfarlane | 58,493 | 66.47 | −2.06 | |
| Labor | Troy Murray | 29,510 | 33.53 | +2.06 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −2.06 | |||
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