Jason Clare

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Jason Clare 
MP
Jason Clare
Incumbent
Assumed office 
24 November 2007
Preceded by Michael Hatton
Born 22 March 1972
Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australian
Political party Labor
Alma mater University of New South Wales

Jason Dean Clare (born 22 March 1972) is the Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Blaxland in the western suburbs of Sydney. He won election in the 2007 Australian federal election.[1]

Clare was born and raised in western Sydney and attended Cabramatta Primary School and Canley Vale High School. He was the dux of Canley Vale High School in 1989. When he left school he joined the Labor Party and was the secretary of the Cabramatta Branch for 10 years (1992 to 2002). He has a BA (Hons) and an LLB from the University of New South Wales. He was a senior adviser to former NSW Premier Bob Carr and an executive at Transurban, one of Australia’s Top 100 companies.[1]

Blaxland was the electorate of Prime Minister Paul Keating from 1969 to 1996. Since 1996 it has been held by Michael Hatton. In May 2007 Hatton, the sitting member, lost his Labor preselection for the 2007 election and was replaced by Clare.[1][2][3] Clare also competed for preselection against George Williams who had been "anointed by the ALP executive", had the "blessing of [former Prime Minister] Gough Whitlam" and whose chances had been "talked up" by ABC news reports.[4] Since Blaxland is a safe Labor seat[5], Clare was regarded as a certainty to be elected in the 2007 federal election. Although the seat had a redistribution in 2006, it is likely that the redistribution has made the seat safer for Labor.[6][7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Hatton dumped for former Carr adviser", Canterbury-Bankstown Express, 8 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-24. 
  2. ^ "Combet confirmed as federal Labor candidate", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 5 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-24. 
  3. ^ Walsh, Kerry-Anne. "ALP's new faces have a strangely familiar look", Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-24. 
  4. ^ Lane, Bernard. "Former contender becomes adviser", Higher Education, The Australian, 15 August 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-24. 
  5. ^ Blaxland. Divisional profile. Australian Electoral Commission (2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-24. “2004 Federal Election Results: Seat Status: Safe Labor. Two Party Preferred: LP: 37.13% ALP: 62.87%” Note from AEC explanations: Seat Status is based on the two party preferred results of the last election. The two party preferred vote refers to the number of votes received by the Labor and Coalition candidates after a full distribution of preferences. Where a winning party receives less than 56% of the vote, the seat is classified as ‘marginal’, 56-60% is classified as ‘fairly safe’, and more than 60% is considered ‘safe’.
  6. ^ Carr, Adam (2007). Division of Blaxland. Adam Carr's guide to The 2007 Australian federal election. Adam Carr. Retrieved on 2007-09-24. “The 2006 redistribution has pushed the seat further west to take in most of Cabramatta, the centre of Sydney's South-East Asian community and the most socially deprived urban area in Australia. This has lowered the seat's median family income and made it even safer for Labor.”
  7. ^ Green, Antony (updated 28 September 2007). Blaxland. ABC Elections: Australia votes 2007: Antony Green's Election Guide. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. “Very Safe Labor 15.2% ... Redistribution: Labor's margin rises from 12.9% to 15.3%.”
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Michael Hatton		 Member for Blaxland
2007 – present		 Incumbent
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