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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Darling Downs in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1983.

Members

Member Party Term
  William Henry Groom Protectionist 1901–1901
  (Sir) Littleton Groom Protectionist 1901–1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1916
  Nationalist 1916–1929
  Independent Nationalist 1929–1929
  Arthur Morgan Nationalist 1929–1931
  Sir Littleton Groom Independent 1931–1933
  United Australia 1933–1936
  Arthur Fadden Country 1936–1949
  (Sir) Reginald Swartz Liberal 1949–1972
  Tom McVeigh Country, National 1972–1984

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1983: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom McVeigh 42,627 61.7 −1.6
Labor Ronald Cullin 22,524 32.6 +2.7
Democrats David Groves 3,960 5.7 +0.2
Total formal votes 69,111 99.0
Informal votes 715 1.0
Turnout 69,826 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom McVeigh 64.0 −1.8
Labor Ronald Cullin 36.0 +1.8
National hold Swing −1.8
Australian federal election, 1980: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Tom McVeigh 41,011 63.3 −4.8
Labor Janet Hunt 19,379 29.9 +0.3
Democrats Maria Hayboer 3,551 5.5 +5.5
Progress David Proud 870 1.3 −1.1
Total formal votes 64,811 98.7
Informal votes 850 1.3
Turnout 65,661 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Country Tom McVeigh 65.8 −4.5
Labor Janet Hunt 34.2 +4.5
National Country hold Swing −4.5

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Tom McVeigh 42,630 68.1 +1.2
Labor Robert Lingard 18,505 29.6 −3.5
Progress David Proud 1,482 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 62,617 98.9
Informal votes 677 1.1
Turnout 63,294 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Country Tom McVeigh 70.3 +3.4
Labor Robert Lingard 29.7 −3.4
National Country hold Swing +3.4
Australian federal election, 1975: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Tom McVeigh 42,133 69.4 +4.5
Labor Peter Wood 18,590 30.6 −3.2
Total formal votes 60,723 99.0
Informal votes 607 1.0
Turnout 61,330 95.8
National Country hold Swing +4.0
Australian federal election, 1974: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom McVeigh 38,078 64.9 +32.6
Labor Ronald Madden 19,860 33.8 −2.5
Australia William Nobes 733 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 58,671 99.1
Informal votes 556 0.9
Turnout 59,227 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom McVeigh 65.4 +6.6
Labor Ronald Madden 34.6 −6.6
Country hold Swing +6.6
Australian federal election, 1972: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Thomas 18,866 36.3 +3.8
Country Tom McVeigh 16,783 32.3 +32.3
Liberal Colin Brimblecombe 11,695 22.5 −35.0
Democratic Labor Eugene Connolly 3,341 6.4 −3.6
Independent Ronald Alford 1,312 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 51,997 98.3
Informal votes 895 1.7
Turnout 52,892 96.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom McVeigh 31,875 61.3 +61.3
Labor James Thomas 20,122 38.7 +3.4
Country gain from Liberal Swing −3.4

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz 29,715 57.5 −2.3
Labor Eugene Salas 16,785 32.5 +1.3
Democratic Labor Francis Mullins 5,177 10.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 51,677 99.1
Informal votes 480 0.9
Turnout 52,157 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Reginald Swartz 64.7 −3.7
Labor Eugene Salas 35.3 +3.7
Liberal hold Swing −3.7
Australian federal election, 1966: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz 26,585 60.5 −0.7
Labor Desmond Hare 13,413 30.5 −3.4
Democratic Labor Francis Mullins 3,944 9.0 +4.1
Total formal votes 43,942 98.7
Informal votes 573 1.3
Turnout 44,515 96.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Reginald Swartz 67.7 +2.6
Labor Desmond Hare 32.3 −2.6
Liberal hold Swing +2.6
Australian federal election, 1963: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz 26,072 61.2 +10.2
Labor Cyril Mitchell 14,418 33.9 −7.8
Democratic Labor Kenneth Rawle 2,078 4.9 −2.5
Total formal votes 42,568 98.6
Informal votes 589 1.4
Turnout 43,157 97.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Reginald Swartz 65.1 +8.2
Labor Cyril Mitchell 34.9 −8.2
Liberal hold Swing +8.2
Australian federal election, 1961: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz 20,971 51.0 −5.5
Labor Jack McCafferty 17,153 41.7 +7.4
Queensland Labor Margaret Walsh 3,025 7.4 −1.9
Total formal votes 41,149 98.1
Informal votes 803 1.9
Turnout 41,952 97.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Reginald Swartz 56.9 −7.0
Labor Jack McCafferty 43.1 +7.0
Liberal hold Swing −7.0

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz 22,469 56.5 −43.5
Labor Jack McCafferty 13,623 34.3 +34.3
Queensland Labor Margaret Walsh 3,680 9.3 +9.3
Total formal votes 39,772 98.2
Informal votes 737 1.8
Turnout 40,509 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Reginald Swartz 63.9 −36.1
Labor Jack McCafferty 36.1 +36.1
Liberal hold Swing −36.1
Australian federal election, 1955: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz unopposed
Liberal hold Swing
Australian federal election, 1954: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz 24,801 65.0 −35.0
Labor William Watson 13,331 35.0 +35.0
Total formal votes 38,132 99.3
Informal votes 267 0.7
Turnout 38,399 96.6
Liberal hold Swing −35.0
Australian federal election, 1951: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Swartz 21,261 58.9 +58.9
Labor James Kane 11,281 31.2 −5.0
Independent Charles Farquharson 3,041 8.4 +8.4
Communist Raymond Mullaly 281 0.8 +0.8
Independent Charles Lacaze 260 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 36,124 98.4
Informal votes 587 1.6
Turnout 36,711 97.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Reginald Swartz 62.5 +62.5
Labor James Kane 37.5 −1.9
Liberal gain from Country Swing +1.9
Australian federal election, 1946: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Arthur Fadden 31,550 59.9 +11.3
Labor William English 17,902 34.0 −9.3
Services Maxwell Owen 3,209 6.1 +6.1
Total formal votes 52,661 98.3
Informal votes 901 1.7
Turnout 53,562 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Arthur Fadden 61.9 +9.4
Labor William English 38.1 −9.4
Country hold Swing +9.4
Australian federal election, 1943: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Arthur Fadden 26,123 48.6 −9.3
Labor Leslie Bailey 23,253 43.3 +1.2
Independent Raymond Mullaly 3,398 6.3 +6.3
One Parliament Hugh Phair 989 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 53,763 98.4
Informal votes 868 1.6
Turnout 54,631 97.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Arthur Fadden 28,232 52.5 −5.4
Labor Leslie Bailey 25,531 47.5 +5.4
Country hold Swing −5.4
Australian federal election, 1940: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Arthur Fadden 29,365 57.9 −2.8
Labor Leslie Bailey 21,316 42.1 +8.0
Total formal votes 50,681 98.7
Informal votes 675 1.3
Turnout 51,356 97.0
Country hold Swing −5.4

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Arthur Fadden 30,747 60.7 +60.7
Labor Leslie Bailey 17,264 34.1 −5.1
Social Credit Arthur Rushton 2,617 5.2 +5.2
Total formal votes 50,628 98.5
Informal votes 784 1.5
Turnout 51,412 97.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Arthur Fadden 63.3 −2.5
Labor Leslie Bailey 36.7 +2.5
Country hold Swing −2.5
Darling Downs by-election, 1936
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Arthur Fadden 15,235 33.1 +33.1
Labor John Buchanan 13,321 29.0 −10.2
United Australia James Annand 8,725 19.0 −41.8
Conservative Leslie Boyce 5,809 12.6 +12.6
Social Credit Denis Hannay 2,929 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 46,019 96.9
Informal votes 1,472 3.1
Turnout 47,491 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Arthur Fadden 26,380 57.3 +57.3
Labor John Buchanan 19,639 42.7 +3.5
Country gain from United Australia Swing +3.5
Australian federal election, 1934: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Sir Littleton Groom 29,428 60.8 +25.6
Labor Phil Alke 18,940 39.2 +39.2
Total formal votes 48,368 98.0
Informal votes 999 2.0
Turnout 49,367 96.8
United Australia gain from Independent Swing +25.6
Australian federal election, 1931: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sir Littleton Groom 23,597 54.7 +31.2
United Australia Arthur Morgan 15,212 35.2 −11.4
Independent Herbert Yeates 4,365 10.1 +10.1
Total formal votes 43,174 98.0
Informal votes 879 2.0
Turnout 44,053 97.0
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Sir Littleton Groom 59.8 +59.8
United Australia Arthur Morgan 40.2 −17.7
Independent gain from United Australia Swing +17.7

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Morgan 19,238 46.6 −53.4
Labor Evan Llewelyn 12,738 30.9 +30.9
Ind. Nationalist Sir Littleton Groom 9,290 22.5 +22.5
Total formal votes 41,266 97.9
Informal votes 864 2.1
Turnout 42,130 97.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Arthur Morgan 23,873 57.9 −42.1
Labor Evan Llewelyn 17,393 42.1 +42.1
Nationalist hold Swing −42.1
Australian federal election, 1928: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Sir Littleton Groom unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
Australian federal election, 1925: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Sir Littleton Groom 23,648 63.1 +4.5
Labor Duncan McInnes 13,803 36.9 −4.5
Total formal votes 37,451 97.2
Informal votes 1,063 2.8
Turnout 38,514 93.1
Nationalist hold Swing +4.5
Australian federal election, 1922: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Littleton Groom 19,592 58.6 −0.9
Labor James MacDougall 13,857 41.4 +0.9
Total formal votes 33,449 96.8
Informal votes 1,092 3.2
Turnout 34,541 85.2
Nationalist hold Swing −0.9

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Littleton Groom 17,974 57.7 +1.6
Labor Phil Alke 13,180 42.3 −1.6
Total formal votes 31,154 98.2
Informal votes 569 1.8
Turnout 31,723 87.1
Nationalist hold Swing +1.6
Australian federal election, 1917: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Littleton Groom 17,815 56.1 −0.8
Labor John Wilson 13,937 43.9 +0.8
Total formal votes 31,752 98.3
Informal votes 544 1.7
Turnout 32,296 90.5
Nationalist hold Swing −0.8
Australian federal election, 1914: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Littleton Groom 15,148 56.9 −3.1
Labor Paul Bauers 11,495 43.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 26,643 96.7
Informal votes 914 3.3
Turnout 27,557 78.0
Liberal hold Swing −3.1
Australian federal election, 1913: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Littleton Groom 15,648 60.0 −8.8
Labor Barnett Allen 10,451 40.0 +8.8
Total formal votes 26,099 97.2
Informal votes 741 2.8
Turnout 26,840 74.6
Liberal hold Swing −8.8
Australian federal election, 1910: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Littleton Groom 13,010 69.9 +4.8
Labour Morris Harland 5,609 30.1 −4.8
Total formal votes 18,619 97.2
Informal votes 540 2.8
Turnout 19,159 57.2
Liberal hold Swing +4.8

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Littleton Groom 7,440 65.1 −34.9
Labour Horace Ransome 3,991 34.9 +34.9
Total formal votes 11,431 95.9
Informal votes 488 4.1
Turnout 11,919 37.8
Protectionist hold Swing −34.9
Australian federal election, 1903: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Littleton Groom unopposed
Protectionist hold Swing
Darling Downs by-election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Littleton Groom 4,532 62.8 −15.7
Independent Joshua Bell 2,687 37.2 +37.2
Total formal votes 7,219
Protectionist hold Swing −15.7
Australian federal election, 1901: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Groom 4,685 78.5 +78.5
Protectionist Horace Ransome 1,283 21.5 +21.5
Total formal votes 5,968 96.4
Informal votes 224 3.6
Turnout 6,192 56.0
Protectionist win (new seat)

References

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