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Electoral district of Blacktown
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Blacktown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a 31.49 km² urban electorate in Sydney's outer west, taking in the suburbs of Blacktown, Doonside and Marayong. There were 44,387 electors enrolled in the district as of the 1999 state election.
Blacktown is known as a largely working-class area, and as such, the electorate has tended to strongly support the Australian Labor Party, which has held the seat for all but three years since its inception. It was briefly marginal during the late 1950s, when long-serving member John Freeman tried and failed to find a safer seat before losing to the Liberal Party of Australia's Alfred Dennis, but has since reverted to its usual tendencies. The current member for Blacktown, Paul Gibson, a prominent backbencher in the Iemma government, holds the seat by a margin of approximately 20%, and is unlikely to face a challenge from any other party in the foreseeable future.
| Member | Party affiliation | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Hill | Australian Labor Party | 1941-1945 |
| John Freeman | Australian Labor Party | 1945-1959 |
| Alfred Dennis | Liberal Party of Australia | 1959-1962 |
| Jim Southee | Australian Labor Party | 1962-1971 |
| Gordon Barnier | Australian Labor Party | 1971-1981 |
| John Aquilina | Australian Labor Party | 1981-1991 |
| Pam Allan | Australian Labor Party | 1991-1999 |
| Paul Gibson | Australian Labor Party | 1999-present |
- Blacktown Electoral District. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- State Electoral District - Blacktown Results 2003. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- State Electoral District - Blacktown Results 1999. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
