Electoral district of Darling Downs (New South Wales)

Darling Downs New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Created	July 1859
Abolished	December 1859
Namesake	Darling 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]

Members for Darling Downs

Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period
	John Douglas	None	1859–1859		William Handcock	None	1859–1859

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Darling Downs.[edit]

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Darling Downs
Tuesday 5 July ^[2]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Douglas (elected 1)		383	33.7
William Handcock (elected 2)		377	33.2
John McLean		375	33.0
Total formal votes		1,135	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,135	35.7

References

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. Green, Antony. "1859 Darling Downs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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.