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.