Groom (QLD)

Named in honour of Sir Littleton Ernest Groom, 1867–1936, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1926–29 ) and a Member of the House of Representatives (1901–29 and 1931–36).

Covers: The Division of Groom consists of part of the Toowoomba Regional Council.

Boundary as the ABS approximates it (ASGS 2025), © Commonwealth of Australia (ABS), CC BY 4.0. The AEC's own maps show the legal boundary.

Enrolled voters	119,008
Area	5,586 sq km
Demographic rating	Provincial – outside capital cities, but with a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities
Established	13 Sep 1984
Name first used	1984 federal election
Boundary gazetted	27 March 2018

Current member

Garth Hamilton Groom · LNP

2025 federal election: two-candidate preferred

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Swing
Garth Hamilton ✓	LNP	57,467	55.67	-1.22
Suzie Holt	Independent	45,752	44.33	+1.22

2025 federal election: first preferences

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Swing
Garth Hamilton ✓	LNP	42,302	40.98	-2.74
Suzie Holt	Independent	17,694	17.14	+8.88
Richard Edwards	Australian Labor Party	17,172	16.64	-2.09
Rebecca Konz	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	9,860	9.55	-0.01
Alyce Nelligan	The Greens	5,757	5.58	-0.27
Alexandra Todd	Family First	3,894	3.77	+3.77
Kirstie Smolenski	Independent	3,701	3.59	-3.55
Jamie Marr	Trumpet of Patriots	2,839	2.75	+1.15
Informal ballots		5,276	4.86	+0.14

Candidate percentages are of formal votes; the informal share is of all ballots cast.

Results at each election

Election	Elected	Party	Two-candidate %
2025 federal election	Garth Hamilton	LNP	55.67
2022 federal election	Garth Hamilton	Liberal National Party of Queensland	56.89
2020 Groom by-election	Garth Hamilton	Liberal National Party of Queensland	66.33
2019 federal election	John McVeigh	Liberal National Party of Queensland	70.48
2016 federal election	John McVeigh	Liberal National Party of Queensland	65.31
2013 federal election	Ian Macfarlane	Liberal National Party of Queensland	66.47
2010 federal election	Ian Macfarlane	Liberal National Party of Queensland	68.53
2007 federal election	Ian Macfarlane	Liberal	58.22
2004 federal election	Ian Elgin Macfarlane	Liberal	68.95

Every contest for a division of this name since 2004, each on the boundaries in force at the time. The two-candidate figure is the winner's share of the final count.

Election figures and profile © Commonwealth of Australia (AEC), CC BY 4.0. Date established from the Parliamentary Handbook. ✓ marks the elected candidate.