Electoral results for the district of Darling Downs (Queensland)

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

Members for Darling Downs

Single member electorate (1873–1878)
MemberPartyTerm
  Edward Wienholt Unaligned 1873–1875
  William Graham Unaligned 1875–1878
Dual member electorate (1878–1888)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  William Miles Unaligned 1878–1887   Francis Kates Ministerialist 1878–1881
  William Allan Unaligned 1881–1883
 
 
Francis Kates Ministerialist 1883–1888
  William Allan Unaligned 1887–1888
Second incarnation (2001–2009)
MemberPartyTerm
  Ray Hopper Independent 2001
  National 2001–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2009

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Queensland state election: Darling Downs[1]
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 Queensland state election: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ray Hopper 11,671 50.52 +11.46
Labor Annette Frizzell 5,407 23.40 +2.45
Independent Bruce Chalmers 2,448 10.60 +10.60
One Nation David Hoy 1,902 8.23 +8.23
Independent Kathy Sankey 1,674 7.25 +7.25
Total formal votes 23,102 98.26 -0.01
Informal votes 410 1.74 +0.01
Turnout 23,512 94.18 -0.42
Two-party-preferred result
National Ray Hopper 13,329 67.77 +18.90
Labor Annette Frizzell 6,338 32.23 +32.23
National gain from Independent Swing+18.90
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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