Drayton will move from the Condamine electorate into the Toowoomba South electorate as a result of the Queensland Redistribution Commission’s electoral redistribution, details of which were released on Monday.

The move of Drayton into Toowoomba South was supported by the sitting Member for Condamine, Pat Weir.

The Commission’s report says the Drayton area is well connected to Toowoomba South, sharing a community of interest.

Condamine loses the north-eastern localities of Crows Nest, Ravensbourne, Grapetree and surrounds to the Nanango electorate.

Grassdale and the portion of Cecil Plains currently in the district, were realigned to Warrego electorate.

The population in Condamine under the existing boundaries, as at September 2025, was 43,216.

Under the new boundaries, the population will be 38,593.

The Redistribution Commission said it considered a small number of objections to the proposed transfer of Crows Nest to Nanango, including from the Member for Condamine, Mr Weir, which argued this area’s primary community of interest is oriented toward central Toowoomba.

Noting that the northern portion of the Toowoomba local government area is already included in Nanango, the Commission decided to proceed with the transfer of Crows Nest, saying its inclusion greatly improves enrolment outcomes in a district which is otherwise declining slightly in relation to the State average.

Other changes for Condamine will see the areas of Ryeford and Ellangowan, west of Clifton, moving into the Southern Downs electorate.

The Queensland Redistribution Commission’s changes mean that the composition of Condamine in the future will include a significant portion of the Toowoomba local government area situated to the north, west and south of central Toowoomba.

The district will extend south as far as Clifton, west to Bowenville and north Haden and Quinalow, with population centres including Westbrook, Kingsthorpe, Oakey, Goombungee, Wyreema, Pittsworth, Cambooya and Clifton.

The Condamine district will be slightly below the average State enrolment, with the projected enrolment remaining comparatively stable.

Under existing boundaries the projected enrolment for Condamine would have been 43,810, 1.94 per cent below the average electorate, by 2032, a figure which will be retained under the new boundaries.

This article appeared in On Our Selection News, 2 July 2026.