Division of Groom
| Groom Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
Map Interactive map of boundaries | |
| Created | 1984 |
| MP | Garth Hamilton |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Littleton Groom |
| Electors | 96,916 (2013) |
| Area | 5,594 km2 (2,159.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1984 and named for Sir Littleton Groom, former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.[1] He represented the Division of Darling Downs, which covered much of the same area.
It is in the rural areas west of Brisbane and includes Toowoomba, Australia's second largest inland city. Other towns include Oakey and Pittsworth.
Members[change | change source]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McVeigh | National | 1984–1988 | |
| Bill Taylor | Liberal | 1988–1998 | |
| Ian Macfarlane | Liberal | 1998–2015 | |
| Liberal National | 2010–2015 | ||
| National | 2015–present | ||
Ian McFarlane was a minister in the Howard and Abbott governments. He was dropped from the cabinet by Malcolm Turnbull in 2015, which later led him to leave the Liberal Party and join the National Party.[2]
Election results[change | change source]
| 2022 Australian federal election: Groom[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Garth Hamilton | 41,971 | 43.72 | −16.11 | |
| Labor | Gen Allpass | 17,985 | 18.73 | –8.55 | |
| One Nation | Grant Abraham | 9,181 | 9.56 | +9.56 | |
| Independent | Suzie Holt | 7,932 | 8.26 | +8.26 | |
| Independent | Kirstie Smolenski | 6,858 | 7.14 | +7.14 | |
| Greens | Mickey Berry | 5,616 | 5.85 | +5.85 | |
| United Australia | Melissa Bannister | 4,922 | 5.13 | +5.13 | |
| Australian Federation | Ryan Otto | 1,539 | 1.60 | +1.60 | |
| Total formal votes | 96,004 | 95.28 | −1.90 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,758 | 4.72 | +1.90 | ||
| Turnout | 100,762 | 90.88 | +9.22 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal National | Garth Hamilton | 61,610 | 64.17 | −3.02 | |
| Labor | Gen Allpass | 34,394 | 35.83 | +3.02 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Garth Hamilton | 54,612 | 56.89 | −10.30 | |
| Independent | Suzie Holt | 41,392 | 43.11 | +43.11 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | –10.30 | |||
The swings above are calculated from the results of the 2020 Groom by-election.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Groom (Qld)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ↑ Other Liberals may follow Macfarlane to National, AAP, [1], 4 December 2015
- ↑ Groom, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.