What is the Division of Bland?
Q: What is the Division of Bland?
A: The Division of Bland was a Federal Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of New South Wales.
Q: When was it created?
A: The division was created in 1900.
Q: Who did it honor?
A: It was named for Dr William Bland, a New South Wales colonial politician.
Q: Where is it located?
A: It is based in rural southern New South Wales, and included the towns of Narrandera, Wagga Wagga and West Wyalong.
Q: Who held this seat?
A: Bland was held by Chris Watson, the first Leader of the federal parliamentary Labor Party and Australia's first Labor Prime Minister.
Q: When did it get abolished? A: It was abolished in 1906.
Q: Where did Chris Watson move to after its abolition? A: When Bland was abolished in 1906, Watson moved to South Sydney.
