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)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Wienholt	Unaligned	1873–1875
	William Graham	Unaligned	1875–1878

Dual member electorate (1878–1888)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	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)
Member		Party	Term
	Ray Hopper	Independent	2001
		National	2001–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2009

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2006: 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

Queensland state election, 2004: 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

Queensland state election, 2001: 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

1. Darling Downs - 2006 - Election Archive - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)