Division of Blaxland
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The Division of Blaxland is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
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Blaxland Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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![]() Division of Blaxland in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election | |
Created | 1949 |
MP | Jason Clare |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Gregory Blaxland |
Electors | 107,348 (2022) |
Area | 61 km2 (23.6 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
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Blaxland runs from the M4 motorway line in the north to Marion Street and the Bankstown railway line and M5 motorway in the south, between Woodville Road in the west and Stacey Street in the east, covering 61 square kilometres of Labor heartland in the Cumberland and Canterbury-Bankstown local government areas in Sydney's west,[1] with strong Middle Eastern and East Asian communities.