Electoral district of Clarence and Darling Downs

For the upper house seat (New South Wales Legislative Council) created 1851, see Electoral district of Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs.

Clarence and Darling Downs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian colony of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859. It included the Clarence Valley and the Darling Downs region. For the 1859 New South Wales colonial election The New South Wales part of the electorate was replaced by The Clarence while the Darling Downs was briefly a separate electorate prior to the separation of Queensland in December 1859.

Clarence and Darling Downs New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Created	1856
Abolished	1859
Namesake	Clarence River, Darling Downs

Members for Clarence and Darling Downs

Member		Party	Period
	Clark Irving [1]	None	1856–1857
	Arthur Hodgson [2]	None	1858–1859

Election results

1856

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Clarence and Darling Downs.[edit]

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Clarence and Darling Downs ^[3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Clark Irving (elected)		193	65.9
Colin McKenzie		100	34.1
Total formal votes		293	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		293	46.1

Polling was conducted on 15 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs was Thomas Hood who did not contest the election but was appointed to the new Legislative Council.

1858

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Clarence and Darling Downs.[edit]

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Clarence and Darling Downs
12 February ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
Arthur Hodgson (elected)		unopposed

The sitting member Clark Irving unsuccessfully contested Northumberland and Hunter.