HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INDEX OF DIVISIONS ===================================================================== DARLING DOWNS / GROOM, Queensland ===================================================================== * Darling Downs named for: Regional name (after Lt-Gen Sir Ralph Darling (1772-1858), Governor of NSW 1825-31) * Groom named for: Hon Sir Littleton Groom (1867-1936), federal MP 1901-29, 1931-36, Speaker 1926-29. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Created 1901 Redistributed 1906, 1913, 1922, 1934, 1949, 1955, 1969, 1977, 1984 (renamed Groom), 1993, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901: Dalby, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick 1906: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick 1913: Jondaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick 1922: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick 1934: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick 1949: Crows Nest, Jandaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba 1955: Crows Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba 1969: Clifton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick 1977: Gatton, Laidley, Toowoomba, Warwick 1984: Gatton, Laidley, Oakey, Toowoomba 1993: Crows Nest, Gatton, Oakey, Toowoomba 1996: Aubigny, Crows Nest, Gatton, Toowoomba 1998: Jondaryan, Oakey, Toowoomba, Toowoomba West 2004: Jondaryan, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba 2007: Darling Heights, Middle Ridge, Oakey, Toowoomba 2010: Blue Mountain Heights, Middle Ridge, Oakey, Toowoomba 2019: Blue Mountain Heights, Middle Ridge, Oakey, Toowoomba --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 11,067 1943 55,807 (+05.4) 1983 74,359 (+07.4) 1903 24,155 (+118.3) 1946 55,701 (-00.2) 1984* 66,930 (-10.0) 1906* 31,548 (+30.6) 1949* 37,757 (-32.2) 1987 72,279 (+08.0) 1910 33,506 (+06.2) 1951 38,469 (+01.9) 1990 75,629 (+04.6) 1913* 35,962 (+07.3) 1954 39,742 (+03.3) 1993* 80,276 (+06.1) 1914 35,339 (-01.7) 1955* 42,279 (+06.4) 1996* 82,724 (+03.0) 1917 35,702 (+01.0) 1958 42,246 (-00.1) 1998* 79,852 (-03.5) 1919 36,441 (+02.1) 1961 43,095 (+02.0) 2001 84,138 (+05.4) 1922* 40,547 (+11.3) 1963 44,499 (+03.3) 2004* 89,546 (+06.4) 1925 41,375 (+02.0) 1966 45,938 (+03.2) 2007* 89,963 (+00.5) 1928 42,145 (+01.9) 1969* 54,360 (+18.3) 2010* 93,374 (+03.8) 1929 43,326 (+02.8) 1972 54,804 (+00.8) 2013 96,932 (+03.8) 1931 45,427 (+04.8) 1974 61,859 (+12.9) 2016 101,512 (+04.7) 1934* 51,010 (+12.3) 1975 64,033 (+03.5) 2019* 105,978 (+04.4) 1937 52,599 (+03.1) 1977* 66,791 (+04.3) 2022 110,878 (+04.7) 1940 52,961 (+00.7) 1980 69,266 (+03.7) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-party majorities --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 1901b 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 - na - na - na -15.1 -10.9 -10.0 -06.9 -06.1 -07.7 -08.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 1928 1929 1931 1934 1936b 1937 1940 1943 1946 -13.1 - na -07.9 - na -10.8 -07.3 -13.3 -07.9 -02.5 -11.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966 1969 1972 -12.5 - na -15.0 - na -13.9 -06.9 -15.1 -17.7 -14.7 -11.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 1975 1977 1980 1983 1984 1987 1988b 1990 1993 -15.4 -19.4 -20.3 -15.8 -14.0 -15.9 -12.8 -18.0 -12.2 -14.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2020b -21.3 -13.0 -15.1 -19.0 -08.2 -18.5 -16.5 -15.3 -20.5 -17.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 -na --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William Groom (Prot) 1901 Hon Tom McVeigh (NCP, NPA) Hon Sir Littleton Groom (Prot, Lib, 1972-88 Nat, Ind) 1901b-29 Bill Taylor (Lib) 1988b-98 Arthur Morgan (Nat, UAP) 1929-31 Hon Ian Macfarlane (Lib) 1998- Hon Sir Littleton Groom (Ind, UAP) 2016 1931-36 Hon Dr John McVeigh (Lib) Rt Hon Arthur Fadden (CP) 2016-20 1936b-49 Garth Hamilton (Lib) 2020b- Hon Sir Reginald Swartz (Lib) 1949-72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------