Electoral division of Blain
| Blain Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location of Blain in the Darwin/Palmerston area | |
| Territory | Northern Territory |
| Created | 1997 |
| MP | Nathan Barrett |
| Party | Country Liberal Party |
| Namesake | Adair Blain |
| Electors | 4,980 (2012) |
| Area | 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Urban |
Blain is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1997 and is named after Adair Blain, the second member for the federal Northern Territory electorate, and the only Australian sitting federal MP to ever become a prisoner of war. Blain is an urban electorate, covering 18 km² and taking in the Palmerston suburbs of Moulden, Woodroffe, Zuccoli and the western half of Rosebery. There were 4,980 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2012.
Palmerston has always been a staunchly conservative area, and all the electorates in the city have almost always been held by the Country Liberal Party. Blain has even amongst the Palmerston electorates been a particularly safe seat for the CLP, with successive members having little trouble being re-elected. This was further emphasised at the 2005 election, when Blain was one of only four CLP-held seats retained by the party after a landslide victory by the Australian Labor Party.
A 2014 Blain by-election was triggered as a result of the resignation of Terry Mills. Nathan Barrett retained the seat for the CLP despite a 10 percent swing.
Members for Blain
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Coulter | Country Liberal | 1997–1999 | |
| Terry Mills | Country Liberal | 1999–2014 | |
| Nathan Barrett | Country Liberal | 2014–present | |
Election results
| Northern Territory by-election, 2014: Blain[1][2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Country Liberal | Nathan Barrett | 1,768 | 45.5 | −16.0 | |
| Labor | Geoff Bahnert | 1,448 | 37.3 | +3.7 | |
| Independent | Matthew Cranitch | 336 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
| Greens | Sue McKinnon | 275 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
| CEC | Peter Flynn | 56 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,883 | 95.5 | −1.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 184 | 4.5 | +1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 4,067 | 68.8 | −14.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Country Liberal | Nathan Barrett | 2,067 | 53.2 | −10.0 | |
| Labor | Geoff Bahnert | 1,816 | 46.8 | +10.0 | |
| Country Liberal hold | Swing | −10.0 | |||
References
- ↑ Legislative Assembly By-Election - Blain, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 13 April 2014.
- ↑ 2014 Blain by-election results, ABC, 13 April 2014.