Electoral district of Roma

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Roma
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State Queensland
Created1950
Abolished1992
Namesake Roma
DemographicRural

Roma was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992. [1]

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It was named after the town of Roma, and comprises largely areas from the abolished districts of Dalby and Maranoa.

Roma was mostly a safe seat for the Country/National party, and was the seat of Premier Russell Cooper.

It was abolished in the 1991 redistribution under the Goss government, and its territory distributed between the new district of Western Downs and the existing district of Warrego.

Members for Roma

MemberPartyTerm
  William Ewan Country 1950–1953
Alfred Dohring Labor 1953–1957
Queensland Labor 1957
William Ewan Country 1957–1967
Ken Tomkins Country 1967–1974
National 1974–1983
Russell Cooper National 1983–1992

Election results

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References

  1. ↑ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Coordinates: 26°35′S148°47′E / 26.58°S 148.79°E / -26.58; 148.79

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