Electoral district of Western Downs
| Western Downs Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | Queensland |
| Dates current | 1860-1873, 1992-2001 |
| Namesake | Darling Downs |
Western Downs refers to two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, based in the western part of the Darling Downs.[1]
The original district existed from 1860 to 1873 and elected two members. More recently, Western Downs was a single member electorate that was first contested in 1992 and abolished in 2001.
Members for Western Downs
| First incarnation (1860–1873, two members) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Thomas Moffatt | Unaligned | 1860–1864 | James Taylor | Unaligned | 1860–1870 | ||
| John Watts | Unaligned | 1864–1867 | |||||
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Robert Ramsay | Unaligned | 1867–1873 | ||||
| Edward Wienholt | Unaligned | 1870–1873 | |||||
| Second incarnation (1992–2001, one member) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Brian Littleproud | National Party | 1992–2001 | |
Results
See also
- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
- ^ "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.