Jason Clare was elected to the Federal Parliament at the November 2007 election. In 2009, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Employment.
Jason was born and raised in Blaxland and attended Cabramatta Public School and Canley Vale High School. He was the dux of Canley Vale High School in 1989.
Jason has a BA (Hons) LLB from the University of NSW. He was a senior adviser to former NSW Premier Bob Carr and an executive at Transurban, one of Australia’s Top 100 companies.
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Electorate Profile
Blaxland
State:
NSW
Name Derivation:
Named after Gregory Blaxland (1778-1853), an early Australian explorer of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
Area and Location Description:
Blaxland covers an area of approximately 62 sq km bordered by Georges River, Prospect Creek through Carramar, Holroyd up to Cumberland Hwy on the West, along Prospect Canal down to Albert St, across and up to Hawksview St along railway line to Lansdowne St up Woodville Rd across to Park St, Lisgor St, Hudson St and Mona St down Duck River and Wellington Rd, down Graham St, across Mt Auburn Rd, cross the railway line down to Brixton Rd across London Rd & Georges Ave up to Joseph St in the North, follow Joseph St, Rookwood and Stacey St Bankstown up to Canterbury Rd on the East, across Canterbury/Milperra Rds back to the Georges River in the South. The main suburbs include Bass Hill, Birrong, Carramar, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Fairfield East, Georges Hall, Guildford West, Old Guildford, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Regents Park, Sefton, Villawood, Woodpark, Yagoona, Yennora and parts of Auburn, Bankstown, Berala, Fairfield, Granville, Guildford, Merrylands, Smithfield and South Granville.
Products/Industries of the Area:
Railway workshops, aircraft repairs, transport and storage industries.
First Proclaimed/Election:
1949
Demographic Rating:
Inner Metropolitan
Members:
- Clare, J (ALP) 2007-
- Hatton, M (ALP) 1996-2007
- Keating, P J (ALP) 1969-1996
- Harrison, E J (ALP) 1949-1969