Electoral district of Western Downs

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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.

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.

[edit] Members for Western Downs

First incarnation (1860—1873, two members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Moffat	Unaligned	1860—1864		James Taylor	Unaligned	1860—1870
	John Watts	Unaligned	1864—1867
	Robert Ramsay	Unaligned	1867—1873
					Edward Wienholt	Unaligned	1870—1873

Second incarnation (1992—2001, one member)
Member		Party	Term
	Brian Littleproud	National Party of Australia	1992—2001