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BLAIN
NT Legislative Assembly
The information on this page was provided by the Northern Territory Electoral Office and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at September 2001.
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Data used in the creation of this electoral map was provided by the Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment.
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| Current Member
| Terry MILLS |
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| Current Party
| Country Liberal Party |
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| Description
| Urban |
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| Location
| Blain covers the south-east of Darwin, and is based on the previous electorate of Palmerson. It takes in the Palmerston suburbs of Moulden, Roseberry, Woodroffe and part of Driver. |
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| Origin
| The electorate was named after Adair MacAlister Blain, who was elected to the Federal House of Representatives in 1934. During World War II, he was captured by the Japanese in 1942 at the fall of Singapore, becoming the only serving member of the House of Representatives to be a prisoner of war. |
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| Products/Industries
| Urban Residential, Shopping Complex, Small Business Centre. |
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| State
| NT |
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| Area
| 18 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 9,723 as at 2007 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 4,755 as at 26/5/08 |
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