Cunningham was an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.-Districts in Far North Queensland:*Barron River*Cairns*Cook*Mulgrave*Dalrymple...

 of the Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Queensland

Queensland

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 from 1888 to 2009.

Prior to its abolition, the district occupied an area of the Darling Downs, south and west of Toowoomba

Toowoomba, Queensland

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. Historically it was centred on the town of Clifton

Clifton, Queensland

Clifton is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The lands around the town was first settled by Europeans in 1840. At the 2006 census, Clifton had a population of 1,067....

. 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

Pittsworth, Queensland

Pittsworth is a town located in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, Australia.-Location:Located 169 km south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, 41 km south-west of Toowoomba and 518 m above sea-level, Pittsworth presents itself to the world as a town with lots of interesting...

, Millmerran

Millmerran, Queensland

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 and Cambooya

Cambooya, Queensland

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, but no major centres.

In 2008, Cunningham was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election

Queensland state election, 2009

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—following a redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Its former territory and voters were split between the districts of Toowoomba South

Electoral district of Toowoomba South

The district of Toowoomba South is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution, and replaced the abolished Toowoomba East....

, Southern Downs

Electoral district of Southern Downs

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 and the new seat of Condamine

Electoral district of Condamine

The district of Condamine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Condamine takes in areas to the north-west, west and south of Toowoomba. It includes the towns of Dalby, Oakey, Pittsworth and Clifton. The district is named for the Condamine River...

.

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/Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1904–1920
	William Deacon	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1920–1943
	Malcolm McIntyre	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1944–1953
	Sir Alan Fletcher	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1953–1974
	Tony Elliott Tony Elliott (politician) Jannion Anthony "Tony" Elliott is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Cunningham in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 2001....	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1974–1975
		National Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1975–1982
		National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1982–2001
	Stuart Copeland Stuart Copeland Stuart William Copeland is an Australian politician. He was a National/Liberal National from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Cunningham....	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	2001–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2009
		Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2009

External links

• West Queensland, Cunningham
• Results of the 2004 State Election
• Stuart Copeland's Biography from the Queensland Parliament website.