Division of Blaxland

Blaxland Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Blaxland in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1949
MP	Jason Clare
Party	Labor
Namesake	Gregory Blaxland
Electors	103,539 (2016)
Area	61 km² (23.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Blaxland is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Gregory Blaxland, a farmer and an early Australian explorer of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.^[1]

The division is based in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the working-class suburbs of Bass Hill, Berala, Birrong, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Regents Park, Sefton, and Yagoona; the business park and airport at Bankstown Aerodrome; as well as parts of Auburn, Bankstown, Guildford, Lidcombe, Milperra, Padstow, Revesby, Rookwood, Silverwater, South Granville, Villawood, and Yennora.

The current Member for Blaxland, since the 2007 federal election, is Jason Clare, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

History

The division has been a safe seat for Labor since its creation; western Sydney has been a Labor heartland for over a century. Its most notable member has been Paul Keating, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1991-96. In 2007, Keating's successor, Michael Hatton, lost preselection for this seat to Jason Clare, who was a staffer for former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr.^[2]

Members

	Party	Term
Jim Harrison	Labor	1949–1969
Paul Keating	Labor	1969–1996
Michael Hatton	Labor	1996–2007
Jason Clare	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Blaxland

Australian federal election, 2016: Blaxland^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jason Clare	50,572	63.31	+8.07
	Liberal	Felicity Findlay	19,825	24.82	−8.49
	Christian Democrats	Clint Nasr	4,810	6.02	+3.91
	Greens	Suzan Virago	3,698	4.63	+1.34
	Socialist Equality	Gabriela Zabala	980	1.23	+1.23
Total formal votes			79,885	88.45	+1.81
Informal votes			10,429	11.55	−1.81
Turnout			90,314	87.23	−3.22
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Clare	55,507	69.48	+8.24
	Liberal	Felicity Findlay	24,378	30.52	−8.24
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.24

References

↑ "Division of Blaxland". Electorate profiles. Australian Electoral Commission.
↑ Bowe, William. "Blaxland". House of Representatives 2007. The Poll Bludger. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
↑ Blaxland, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Blaxland - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

Banks Barton Bennelong Berowra Blaxland Bradfield Calare Chifley Cook Cowper Cunningham Dobell Eden-Monaro Farrer Fowler Gilmore Grayndler Greenway Hughes Hume Hunter Kingsford Smith Lindsay Lyne Macarthur Mackellar Macquarie McMahon Mitchell New England Newcastle North Sydney Page Parkes Parramatta Paterson Reid Richmond Riverina Robertson Shortland Sydney Warringah Watson Wentworth Werriwa Whitlam Abolished: Barrier Bland Canobolas Charlton Cook (1906–55) Dalley Darling Dundas East Sydney Evans Gwydir Illawarra Lang Lawson Lowe Martin Nepean Parkes (1901–69) Phillip Prospect Riverina-Darling St George South Sydney Throsby Watson (1934–69) West Sydney

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 33°53′17″S 151°00′00″E / 33.888°S 151.000°E / -33.888; 151.000

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