Electoral district of Bankstown
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Bankstown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1927 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Jihad Dib | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Bankstown, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,108 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 23 km2 (8.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Bankstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It has historically been one of the safest Labor seats in New South Wales. It is currently represented by Jihad Dib, a member of the Labor party, who was previously the member for the abolished seat Lakemba.
Geography
[edit]On its current boundaries, Bankstown takes in the suburbs of Bankstown, Bass Hill, Birrong, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Punchbowl, Regents Park, Revesby, Sefton, Villawood, Yagoona.[1][2][3]
Members for Bankstown
[edit]Member | Party | Period | |
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James McGirr [4] | Labor | 1927–1940 | |
Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
Labor | 1941–1950 | ||
Spence Powell [5] | Labor | 1950–1962 | |
Nick Kearns [6] | Labor | 1962–1980 | |
Ric Mochalski [7] | Labor | 1980–1986 | |
Doug Shedden [8] | Labor | 1987–1999 | |
Tony Stewart [9] | Labor | 1999–2011 | |
Tania Mihailuk [10] | Labor | 2011–2022 | |
Independent | 2022–2023 | ||
One Nation | 2023 | ||
Jihad Dib | Labor | 2023–present |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jihad Dib | 27,247 | 59.4 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | Nathan Taleb | 11,379 | 24.8 | +0.8 | |
Greens | Isaac Nasedra | 2,436 | 5.3 | +0.8 | |
Informed Medical Options | Yosra Alyateem | 1,306 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Ind. Socialist Equality | Max Boddy | 1,223 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Animal Justice | Dorlene Abou-Haidar | 893 | 1.9 | +0.7 | |
Sustainable Australia | Luke Habib | 725 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Public Education | Marianne Glinka | 679 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 45,888 | 93.4 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 3,267 | 6.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,155 | 82.9 | −2.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jihad Dib | 29,210 | 70.3 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | Nathan Taleb | 12,322 | 29.7 | +0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bankstown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Arthur Thomas (Spence) Powell(1903 - 1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Nicholas Joseph Kearns (1920-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Richard Charles Mochalski (1948-2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Douglas James Shedden (1937- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Tony) Anthony Paul Stewart (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Ms Tania Mihailuk MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Bankstown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Bankstown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.