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Federal division, provincial

# Groom

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Garth_Hamilton_Geoscience_Australia_2022_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Garth Hamilton** LNP, Groom ](https://politics.computer/mp/garth-hamilton)

About

## About Groom

Groom is a federal electoral division in Queensland on the Darling Downs, centred on the regional city of Toowoomba. It is held by Garth Hamilton of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. The seat is classified as provincial and includes rural communities to the west and south of Toowoomba.

Created

1984

Named after

Sir Littleton Groom, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Predecessor

Division of Darling Downs

Other centres

Oakey and Pittsworth

Classification

Provincial

Sitting member

Garth Hamilton, Liberal National Party of Queensland

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FGroom), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Groom whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Groom yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Groom are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

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