Drayton was a
Legislative Assembly electorate
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in the
state
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Queensland
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, establishe ...
, Australia.
History
Drayton was created by the 1910 Electoral Districts Act, taking effect at the 1912 elections.
[ It consisted of the area around ]Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...
; the Electoral district of Drayton and Toowoomba
Electoral District of Drayton and Toowoomba was the original seat for the urban settlement on the eastern Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.
History
Drayton and Toowoomba had 2 incarnations: 1859 to 1873 and 1878 to 1912.
Its first incarnati ...
was abolished in 1912.[
Drayton was renamed ]Electoral district of Cunningham
Cunningham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1888 to 2009.
Prior to its abolition, the district occupied an area of the Darling Downs, south and west of Toowoomba. Historically i ...
in 1923.
Members
The following people were elected in the seat of Drayton:
See also
* Electoral districts of Queensland
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.
Current Districts by region
Districts in Far North Queensland
* Barron River
*Cairns
*Cook
* ...
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament.
See also
* Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts
This is a list of current and former electoral div ...
by year
* :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
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Former electoral districts of Queensland
1912 establishments in Australia
1923 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1912
Constituencies disestablished in 1923