Division of Groom
| Groom Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Division of Groom in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election. | |
| Created | 1984 |
| MP | John McVeigh |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Littleton Groom |
| Electors | 101,600 (2016) |
| Area | 5,594 km2 (2,159.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 as essentially a reconfigured version of the old Division of Darling Downs. It is named in honour of Sir Littleton Groom, who represented Darling Downs with only one short break from 1901 to 1936 and served as Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.
It is located in the rural areas west of Brisbane and is centred on the city of Toowoomba, Australia's second largest inland city. Other centres include Oakey and Pittsworth.
The seat has never elected a Labor member in either of its incarnations. While Toowoomba itself (particularly, the northern suburbs) occasionally votes for Labor, it is nowhere near enough to overcome the conservative bent of the rural areas.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McVeigh | National | 1984–1988 | |
| Bill Taylor | Liberal | 1988–1998 | |
| Ian Macfarlane | Liberal | 1998–2010 | |
| Liberal National | 2010–2016 | ||
| John McVeigh | Liberal National | 2016–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | John McVeigh | 49,270 | 54.00 | −1.64 | |
| Labor | Bronwyn Herbertson | 20,259 | 22.20 | +0.10 | |
| Family First | John Sands | 9,140 | 10.02 | +7.36 | |
| Xenophon | Josie Townsend | 6,960 | 7.63 | +7.63 | |
| Greens | Antonia van Geuns | 5,618 | 6.16 | +1.82 | |
| Total formal votes | 91,247 | 96.43 | +0.42 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,380 | 3.57 | −0.42 | ||
| Turnout | 94,627 | 93.14 | −1.43 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | John McVeigh | 59,589 | 65.31 | −1.16 | |
| Labor | Bronwyn Herbertson | 31,658 | 34.69 | +1.16 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −1.16 | |||
References
- ↑ Groom, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
External links
Coordinates: 27°29′02″S 151°39′11″E / 27.484°S 151.653°E