Blaxland Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Blaxland in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
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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.
The division is based in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the working-class suburbs of Bass Hill, Berala, Birrong, Chester Hill, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Lansvale, Potts Hill, Regents Park, Sefton, Villawood, and Yagoona; and parts of the business park and airport at Bankstown Aerodrome; as well as parts of Auburn, Bankstown, Canley Vale, Carramar, Condell Park, Guildford, Lidcombe, Merrylands, South Granville, Villawood, and Yennora.