Electoral district of Condamine

Condamine Queensland—Legislative Assembly
300px 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)
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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. Whilst both had belonged to the Liberal National Party (LNP), Copeland stood as an independent after failing to win LNP endorsement, only to be defeated by Hopper at the election.

Members for Condamine

First incarnation (1950–1992)
Member		Party	Term
	Frederick 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)
Member		Party	Term
	Ray Hopper	Liberal National	2009–2012
		Australian	2012–2015
	Pat Weir	Liberal National	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Condamine

Queensland state election, 2015: Condamine

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

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)