Electoral district of Cunningham

This article is about the former Queensland state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Cunningham.

Cunningham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1888 to 2009.^[1]

Cunningham Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State	Queensland
Dates current	1888–2009
Namesake	Allan Cunningham

Prior to its abolition, the district occupied an area of the Darling Downs, south and west of Toowoomba. Historically, it was centred on the town of Clifton. The eastern portion of Cunningham drew voters from the southern suburbs of Toowoomba. There were also a number of small rural towns in the electorate, including Pittsworth, Millmerran and Cambooya, but no major centres. It was solidly conservative for its entire existence, and was held by the National Party without interruption from 1920 until the Nationals merged into the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

In 2008, Cunningham was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election—following a redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Its former territory and voters were split between the districts of Toowoomba South, Southern Downs and the new seat of Condamine.

Members for Cunningham

Member		Party	Term
	William Allan	Unaligned	1888–1896
	Thomas McGahan	Farmer's Representative	1896–1899
	Francis Kates	Independent Ministerialist	1899–1903
	Duncan Watson	Ministerialist	1903–1904
	Francis Grayson	Ministerialist/Liberal/Independent/National	1904–1920
	William Deacon	Country	1920–1943
	Malcolm McIntyre	Country	1944–1953
	Alan Fletcher	Country	1953–1974
	Tony Elliott	Country	1974–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–2001
	Stuart Copeland	National	2001–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2009
		Independent	2009

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cunningham

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name