Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Blaxland, New South Wales
The Division of Blaxland was created in 1949. It is named for Gregory Blaxland (1778-1853), explorer of the Blue Mountains.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Auburn, Bankstown East, Flemington, Lidcombe
1955: Auburn, Bankstown North, Chullora, Lidcombe
1969: Bankstown, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Greenacre
1977: Bankstown, Chullora, Condell Park, Georges Hall
1984: Bankstown, Bass Hill, Punchbowl, Yagoona
1993: Bankstown, Bass Hill, Punchbowl, Yagoona
2001: Bankstown, Punchbowl, Villawood, Yagoona
2007: Bass Hill, Cabramatta, Greenacre, Villawood
2010: Bass Hill, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Guildford
2016: Bass Hill, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Milperra
2025: Auburn, Guildford, Merrylands, Villawood
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Labor 03.4 *
1951: Labor 13.9
1954: Labor 17.7
1955: Labor 12.5
1958: Labor 16.3
1961: Labor 17.8
1963: Labor 13.1
1966: Labor 06.8
1969: Labor 12.8
1972: Labor 17.4
1974: Labor 19.8
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1975: Labor 10.3
1977: Labor 11.6
1980: Labor 17.2
1983: Labor 15.7
1984: Labor 16.2
1987: Labor 08.8
1990: Labor 12.2
1993: Labor 22.1
1996: Labor 13.0
1996b: Labor 19.1 **
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1998: Labor 22.1
2001: Labor 15.2
2004: Labor 12.9
2007: Labor 18.4
2010: Labor 12.2
2013: Labor 11.4
2016: Labor 19.5
2019: Labor 14.7
2022: Labor 14.9
2025: Labor 21.9
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* Majority over Lang Labor
** Majority over independent
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1969-2025
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MEMBERS FOR BLAXLAND
Jim Harrison (ALP) 1949-69
Hon Paul Keating (ALP) 1969-96
Michael Hatton (ALP) 1996b-2007
Hon Jason Clare (ALP) 2007-
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| Jim Harrison (ALP) 1949-69 |
Hon Paul Keating (ALP) 1969-96 |
Michael Hatton (ALP) 1996-2007 |
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| Hon Jason Clare (ALP) 2007- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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