Division of Darling Downs

It was named after the Darling Downs region of Queensland, and consisted mainly of the city of Toowoomba and surrounding rural areas.Its prominent members included Sir Littleton Groom, Cabinet minister and Speaker, and Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia in 1941.The electorate's first member, William Henry Groom, died at the first Commonwealth Parliament meeting in Melbourne in 1901.His death led to Australia's first by-election, which was won by his son Littleton.The seat was abolished in 1984, being replaced by the Division of Groom, named after the aforesaid Littleton Groom.
AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivisionDarling DownsAustralian electoral divisionQueenslandoriginal 65 divisionsfirst federal electionToowoombaCountry PartyLiberal PartyLittleton GroomSpeakerArthur FaddenPrime Minister of AustraliaWilliam Henry Groomfirst by-electionLittletonDivision of GroomProtectionist30 March 1901Legislative Assembly of QueenslandDrayton and ToowoombaSir Littleton Groom14 September 1901DeakinHughesLiberalNationalistIndependent Nationalist12 October 1929Arthur MorganUnited Australia19 December 1931IndependentCountry19 December 193610 December 1949KennedyMenziesPrime MinisterOpposition LeaderMcPhersonSir Reginald Swartz2 November 1972McEwenGortonMcMahonTom McVeigh2 December 1972FraserNational CountryNationals1 December 1984Electoral results for the Division of Darling DownsElectoral divisionsAustralian House of RepresentativesLiberal NationalBonnerBowmanDicksonFaddenFairfaxFisherHerbertLeichhardtLongmanMoncrieffPetrieWrightNationalCapricorniaDawsonHinklerMaranoaWide BayLilleyMoretonRankinGreensBrisbaneGriffithKatter's AustralianOxley (1901–1934)