Division Profile

Division Name

BLAIR

State

Queensland

Elected Member

Neumann, S (ALP) 2007-

Name Derivation

Named after Harold Blair AO 1924-76. A noted Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist.

First Proclaimed / Election

1997/1998

Area

6409 sq. kms

Demographic

Rural

Pre-Election Seat Status

Fairly Safe

Seat Status

Marginal

Enrolment

83,045

Turnout

93.92%

Informal

5.88%

Location

Blair covers an area of approximately 6,409 sq km west of Brisbane. Containing most of the City of Ipswich and all of the Somerset Regional Council. The division stretches from Riverview and Redbank Plains in the east to the boundary of the Ipswich City Council in the south and west, and the boundary of the Somerset Regional Council to the north. Main towns include Kilcoy, Toogoolawah, Esk, Cominya, Lowood, Fernvale, Ipswich, Minden, Marburg, Rosewood, and Walloon.

Products and Industry

Dairy and beef cattle farming, small crop production, commercial, construction and infrastructure industries, tourism and defence.

Members

Neumann, S (ALP) 2007-

Thompson, C (LP) 1998-2007

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QLD DIVISION - BLAIR

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