Electoral district of Darling Downs (New South Wales)

Darling Downs
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
StateNew South Wales
CreatedJuly 1859
AbolishedDecember 1859
NamesakeDarling Downs

Darling Downs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from July 1859 to December 1859, representing the Darling Downs, prior to the Separation of Queensland. It elected two members simultaneously, with voters having two votes each.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election Green 1859 Darling Downs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Mr John Douglas (1828-1904)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr William Handcock (1808-1890)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.