The electoral district of Aubigny was a Legislative Assembly

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. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the 1873 colonial election, and existed until the 1972 state election. Based in the

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to the north and west of the regional city of

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, Aubigny was a safe seat for the Country Party, being held by every one of its incarnations from 1915 until 1960, when it was won by the

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, transferring from Condamine. Diplock held the seat as the sole parliamentary representative of the QLP (which merged with the national Democratic Labor Party in 1962) until the seat's abolition in 1972. Its most notable member was

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, member from 1915 until 1941 and

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from 1929 to 1932.

History

The seat's boundaries changed at a number of redistributions, but remained a seat in the rural hinterland between Dalby and

, and to the north of Toowoomba. The seat's place of nomination was consistently either Crows Nest or Oakey, both of which were present in all incarnations of the electorate.Queensland Government Gazettes: 1909, p.553; 1915, p.1104; 1929, p.1005; 1932, p.1517; 1947, p.927; 1950; p.1182; 1960, p.1911. Maps in Waterson, D.B. ''Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament, 1930-1980'' Canberra: ANU Press (1982). The seat originally extended as far north as

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and Blackbutt whilst only extending a short distance west to Oakey; however, at the 1912 election, its north–south distance was cut by about half, with the northern areas going to the new seat of

and some areas on Toowoomba's outskirts such as Highfields and Wellcamp going to the new seat of Drayton. At the 1923 election, Drayton was abolished and over two successive redistributions, Aubigny both moved closer to Toowoomba and further west. However, at the 1935 election, with a new seat of

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taking in the closer areas, Aubigny was pushed north-westwards and absorbed areas to the north and north-east of Dalby such as

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and

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. The establishment of a zonal electoral system with the ''Electoral Districts Act 1949'' placed areas nearer to Toowoomba in a "provincial cities" zone, so these were removed from Aubigny with Westbrook and Aubigny being substituted in their place. The final incarnation of Aubigny, beginning from the 1960 election, was a seat to the west and north-west of Toowoomba which included the entire town of Dalby within its boundaries for the first time.

Members for Aubigny

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aubigny Former electoral districts of Queensland 1873 establishments in Australia 1972 disestablishments in Australia

History

Members for Aubigny

Election results

See also

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