Electoral district of Condamine

Condamine
Queensland—Legislative Assembly

Condamine (2008—)
State Queensland
Dates current 1950–1992; 2009–present
MP Pat Weir
Party Liberal National Party
Namesake Condamine River
Electors 36,667 (2015)
Area 6,054 km2 (2,337.5 sq mi)
Coordinates 27°24′S 151°38′E / 27.400°S 151.633°E / -27.400; 151.633Coordinates: 27°24′S 151°38′E / 27.400°S 151.633°E / -27.400; 151.633

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 the towns of Dalby, Oakey, Pittsworth 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 amount 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

First incarnation (1950–1992)
MemberPartyTerm
  Eric Allpass Country 1950–1953
  Les Diplock Labor 1953–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957–1960
  Vic Sullivan Country 1960–1975
  National Country 1975–1982
  National 1982–1983
  Brian Littleproud National 1983–1992
Second incarnation (2009–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Ray Hopper Liberal National 2009–2012
  Australian 2012–2015
  Pat Weir Liberal National 2015–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2015: Condamine[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Pat Weir 17,028 51.18 −7.12
Labor Brendon Huybregts 7,271 21.86 +7.70
Katter's Australian Ben Hopper 5,059 15.21 −6.11
Family First Alexandra Todd 1,455 4.37 +4.37
Greens Pamela Fay Weekes 1,306 3.93 −0.11
Independent Shane White 1,150 3.46 +1.27
Total formal votes 33,269 97.91 −0.11
Informal votes 710 2.09 +0.11
Turnout 33,979 92.67 −1.52
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Pat Weir 18,837 66.28 −3.82
Labor Brendon Huybregts 9,584 33.72 +33.72
Liberal National hold Swing −3.82

References

  1. ↑ 2015 State General Election - Condamine - District Summary, ECQ.

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