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Electoral district of Condamine

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Summary

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Field	Value
federal		state = qld
upper		image = ECQ-2017-Final-Condamine.pdf
caption	Map of the electoral district of Condamine, 2017
lifespan	1950–1992; 2009–present
mp	Pat Weir
mp-party	Liberal National
namesake	Condamine River
electors	37883
electors_year	2020
area	6563
class	Provincial and rural
coordinates
near-n	Nanango
near-ne	Nanango
near-e	Toowoomba North
Toowoomba South
near-se	Lockyer
near-s	Southern Downs
near-sw	Southern Downs
near-w	Warrego
near-nw	Warrego

Condamine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

Condamine takes in areas to the north-west, west and south of Toowoomba. It includes a number of small towns, such as Oakey, Pittsworth, Cambooya and Clifton. The district is named for the Condamine River which runs through it. Created for the 2009 state election, it was mostly made up of territory previously belonging to the abolished districts of Cunningham and Darling Downs. It also drew a small number of voters previously belonging to the district of Toowoomba South. Originally proposed to be named Dalby by the Electoral Commission of Queensland, the name Condamine was adopted instead upon further review.

There was also an earlier district known as Condamine that existed from 1950 to 1992. It was based in the same region.

History

The electorate's re-introduction at the 2009 state election pitted two sitting members against each other. MPs Ray Hopper and Stuart Copeland both had their districts, Darling Downs and Cunningham respectively, abolished and largely absorbed into Condamine. Both had belonged to the Liberal National Party (LNP). Under the LNP constitution, if a seat is abolished, the sitting member who represents a majority of voters in a successor seat is automatically preselected as LNP candidate. In this case, Hopper automatically gained LNP preselection, as most of Condamine's voters came from Darling Downs. Copeland ran as an independent, only to be defeated by Hopper at the election.

Members for Condamine

Party	Term	Second incarnation (2009–present)
Eric Allpass	Country	1950–1953
Les Diplock	Labor	1953–1957
Queensland Labor	1957–1960
Vic Sullivan	Country	1960–1974
National	1974–1983
Brian Littleproud	National	1983–1992
Ray Hopper	Liberal National	2009–2012
Katter's Australian	2012–2015
Pat Weir	Liberal National	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Condamine

References

{{Cite QldElectorate

Wikipedia Source

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