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Electoral results for the district of Darling Downs (Queensland)

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Darling Downs in Queensland state elections.

Members for Darling Downs

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First incarnation (1873–1888)

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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 Oppositionist 1878–1887   Francis Kates Ministerialist 1878–1881
  William Allan Nationalist 1881–1883
 
 
Francis Kates Ministerialist 1883–1888
  William Allan Nationalist 1887–1888

Second incarnation

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Member Party Term
  Ray Hopper Independent 2001
  National 2001–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2009

Election results

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Elections in the 2000s

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2006

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2006 Queensland state election: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ray Hopper 13,883 59.54 +9.02
Labor David Nelson 6,161 26.42 +3.02
Family First David Totenhofer 3,273 14.04 +14.04
Total formal votes 23,317 97.94 −0.32
Informal votes 490 2.06 +0.32
Turnout 23,807 93.08 −1.10
Two-party-preferred result
National Ray Hopper 15,218 69.14 +1.37
Labor David Nelson 6,794 30.86 −1.37
National hold Swing +1.37

2004

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2004 Queensland state election: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ray Hopper 11,671 50.5 +11.5
Labor Annette Frizzell 5,407 23.4 +2.5
Independent Bruce Chalmers 2,448 10.6 +10.6
One Nation David Hoy 1,902 8.2 +8.2
Independent Kathy Sankey 1,674 7.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 23,102 98.3 −0.0
Informal votes 410 1.7 +0.0
Turnout 23,512 94.2 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Ray Hopper 13,329 67.9 +18.9
Labor Annette Frizzell 6,338 32.2 +32.2
National gain from Independent Swing N/A

2001

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2001 Queensland state election: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ray Hopper 9,069 40.0 +40.0
National Peter Taylor 8,855 39.1 −5.6
Labor John Martin 4,749 20.9 +6.0
Total formal votes 22,673 98.3
Informal votes 400 1.7
Turnout 23,073 94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ray Hopper 9,651 51.1 +51.1
National Peter Taylor 9,226 48.9 −6.4
Independent gain from National Swing +51.1

References

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