Electoral district of Drayton and Toowoomba

Electoral District of Drayton and Toowoomba was the original seat for the urban settlement on the eastern Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Its first incarnation was as one of original sixteen electorates created in 1859, when Queensland became an independent colony.

In 1873, its name was changed to electoral district of Toowoomba.

[1] The seat is notable for Member and perennial Toowoomba Mayor William Henry Groom who went on to be the region's representative at the first Commonwealth Parliament in 1901.

[2] The table of members elected in Drayton and Toowoomba appears below.