Blain Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Territory | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1997 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Matthew Kerle | ||||||||||||||
Party | Country Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Adair Blain | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 5,695 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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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 4 km² and taking in Palmerston suburbs of Bellamack and Woodroffe and the suburb of Moulden. There were 5,695 people enrolled within the electorate as of August 2020.
The current member for Blain is Matthew Kerle, who was elected for the CLP at the 2024 election.