| Western Downs | |
| State: | qld |
| Lifespan: | 1860-1873, 1992-2001 |
| Namesake: | Darling Downs |
Western Downs refers to two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, based in the western part of the Darling Downs.[1]
The original district existed from 1860 to 1873 and elected two members. More recently, Western Downs was a single member electorate that was first contested in 1992 and abolished in 2001.
| First incarnation (1860–1873, two members) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Thomas Moffatt | Unaligned | 1860–1864 | James Taylor | Unaligned | 1860–1870 | |||
| John Watts | Unaligned | 1864–1867 | ||||||
| | Robert Ramsay | Unaligned | 1867–1873 | |||||
| Edward Wienholt | Unaligned | 1870–1873 | ||||||
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Western Downs.