Blain is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the Unicameral parliament of the Northern Territory in Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions 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 MP to ever become a prisoner of war. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Adair Macalister "Chill" Blain (21 November 1894 - 28 April 1983 was a long serving independent member of the Australian House of Representatives. The Division of Northern Territory was an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory. Blain is an urban electorate, covering 18. 2 sq km and taking in the Palmerston suburbs of Moulden, Rosebery, Woodroffe and part of Driver. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Palmerston is a Satellite city in the Northern Territory, Australia. Moulden is an outer-city Suburb of Palmerston, Australia. It is 24 Rosebery is an outer southern Suburb of Palmerston. It is 26km SE of the Darwin CBD. Woodroffe is an inner-city Suburb of Palmerston. It is 25km SE of the Darwin CBD and 2 Driver is an inner-city Suburb of Palmerston. It is 23km SE of the Darwin CBD. There were 4475 people enrolled within the electorate as of June 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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. The Country Liberal Party (CLP is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal and National parties 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 major victory by the Australian Labor Party. Overall result The Australian Labor Party won 525% of the vote which was an increase of 11
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The Country Liberal Party (CLP is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal and National parties Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Terry Richard Mills (born December 21 1967 in Romulus Michigan) is a retired American professional Basketball player at The Country Liberal Party (CLP is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal and National parties Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions Arafura is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Araluen is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Arnhem is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Barkly is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Braitling is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Brennan is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Casuarina is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Daly is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Drysdale is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Fannie Bay is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Goyder is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Greatorex is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Johnston is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Karama is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Katherine is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. MacDonnell is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Millner was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Nelson is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Nhulunbuy is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Nightcliff is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Port Darwin is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Sanderson is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Stuart is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory. Wanguri is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia 's Northern Territory.
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