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# Blain

In Northern Territory.

## Sitting member

- [ **Matthew Kerle** CLP, Blain ](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-kerle)

About

## About Blain

Blain is an urban electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, covering 4 km2 in Palmerston, including the suburbs of Bellamack, Woodroffe and Moulden. The sitting member is Matthew Kerle of the Country Liberal Party (CLP), who was elected at the 2024 election.

Created

1997

Area

4 km2

Named after

Adair Blain, second member for federal Northern Territory electorate

Enrolled

6,735 people (July 2026)

Previous members

Barry Coulter, Terry Mills, Nathan Barrett, Mark Turner

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdivision%5Fof%5FBlain), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Blain whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Blain yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Blain are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other divisions in Northern Territory

- [Arafura](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/arafura)
- [Araluen](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/araluen)
- [Arnhem](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/arnhem)
- [Barkly](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/barkly)
- [Braitling](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/braitling)
- [Brennan](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/brennan)
- [Casuarina](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/casuarina)
- [Daly](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/daly)
- [Drysdale](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/drysdale)
- [Fannie Bay](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/fannie-bay)
- [Fong Lim](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/fong-lim)
- [Goyder](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/goyder)
- [Gwoja](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/gwoja)
- [Johnston](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/johnston)
- [Karama](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/karama)
- [Katherine](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/katherine)
- [Mulka](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/mulka)
- [Namatjira](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/namatjira)
- [Nelson](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/nelson)
- [Nightcliff](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/nightcliff)
- [Port Darwin](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/port-darwin)
- [Sanderson](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/sanderson)
- [Spillett](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/spillett)
- [Wanguri](https://politics.computer/seats/nt/wanguri)

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