15 December 2009
Blair
Queensland
Current, boundary gazetted 15 December 2009 (former divisional profile)
Contact the Blair AEC divisional office
Named after Harold Blair AO 1924–76. A noted Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist.
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.
Dairy and beef cattle farming, small crop production, commercial, construction and infrastructure industries, tourism and defence.
1997/1998
Provincial
Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website
For supporting information, see Party Codes, Demographic Ratings and Seat Status.