title: Electoral results for the district of Darling Downs (Queensland)
text: # Electoral results for the district of Darling Downs (Queensland)
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Darling Downs in Queensland state elections.
  
  ## Members for Darling Downs
  
  Single member electorate (1873–1878) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Edward Wienholt | Unaligned | 1873–1875 |
  | | William Graham | Unaligned | 1875–1878 |
  
  Dual member electorate (1878–1888) :
  
  | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | William Miles | Unaligned | 1878–1887 | Francis Kates | Ministerialist | 1878–1881 |
  | William Miles | Unaligned | 1878–1887 | William Allan | Unaligned | 1881–1883 |
  | William Miles | Unaligned | 1878–1887 | Francis Kates | Ministerialist | 1883–1888 |
  | William Allan | Unaligned | 1887–1888 | Francis Kates | Ministerialist | 1883–1888 |
  
  Second incarnation (2001–2009) :
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ray Hopper | Independent | 2001 |
  | Ray Hopper | National | 2001–2008 |
  | Ray Hopper | Liberal National | 2008–2009 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2006 Queensland state election: Darling Downs :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Ray Hopper | 13,883 | 59.54 | +9.02 |
  | | Labor | David Nelson | 6,161 | 26.42 | +3.02 |
  | | Family First | David Totenhofer | 3,273 | 14.04 | +14.04 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,317 | 97.94 | -0.32 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 490 | 2.06 | +0.32 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,807 | 93.08 | -1.10 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Ray Hopper | 15,218 | 69.14 | +1.37 |
  | | Labor | David Nelson | 6,794 | 30.86 | -1.37 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | +1.37 | |
  
  2004 Queensland state election: Darling Downs :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Ray Hopper | 11,671 | 50.52 | +11.46 |
  | | Labor | Annette Frizzell | 5,407 | 23.40 | +2.45 |
  | | Independent | Bruce Chalmers | 2,448 | 10.60 | +10.60 |
  | | One Nation | David Hoy | 1,902 | 8.23 | +8.23 |
  | | Independent | Kathy Sankey | 1,674 | 7.25 | +7.25 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,102 | 98.26 | -0.01 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 410 | 1.74 | +0.01 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,512 | 94.18 | -0.42 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Ray Hopper | 13,329 | 67.77 | +18.90 |
  | | Labor | Annette Frizzell | 6,338 | 32.23 | +32.23 |
  | | National gain from Independent | National gain from Independent | Swing | +18.90 | |
  
  2001 Queensland state election: Darling Downs :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Ray Hopper | 9,069 | 40.0 | +40.0 |
  | | National | Peter Taylor | 8,855 | 39.1 | -5.6 |
  | | Labor | John Martin | 4,749 | 20.9 | +6.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,673 | 98.3 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 400 | 1.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,073 | 94.6 | |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Ray Hopper | 9,651 | 51.1 | +51.1 |
  | | National | Peter Taylor | 9,226 | 48.9 | -6.4 |
  | | Independent gain from National | Independent gain from National | Swing | +51.1 | |
  