Electoral district of Bankstown
| Bankstown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Location within Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1927 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Tania Mihailuk | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| 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 Tania Mihailuk.
Bankstown includes the suburbs of Bankstown, Bass Hill, Birrong, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Punchbowl, Regents Park, Revesby, Sefton, Villawood, Yagoona.[1]
Members for Bankstown
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James McGirr [2] | Labor | 1927–1940 | |
| Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
| Labor | 1941–1950 | ||
| Spence Powell [3] | Labor | 1950–1962 | |
| Nick Kearns [4] | Labor | 1962–1980 | |
| Ric Mochalski [5] | Labor | 1980–1986 | |
| Doug Shedden [6] | Labor | 1987–1999 | |
| Tony Stewart [7] | Labor | 1999–2011 | |
| Tania Mihailuk [8] | Labor | 2011–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tania Mihailuk | 23,897 | 54.65 | −1.68 | |
| Liberal | George Zakhia | 13,293 | 30.40 | −0.85 | |
| Independent | Saud Abu-Samen | 3,856 | 8.82 | +8.82 | |
| Greens | James Rooney | 2,684 | 6.14 | +1.70 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,730 | 93.85 | −0.06 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,867 | 6.15 | +0.06 | ||
| Turnout | 46,597 | 86.12 | −0.86 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tania Mihailuk | 25,735 | 63.82 | −0.15 | |
| Liberal | George Zakhia | 14,590 | 36.18 | +0.15 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −0.15 | |||
References
- ^ "Bankstown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bankstown: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Bankstown: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.