Electoral district of Bankstown

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
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Created1927
MPTania Mihailuk
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeBankstown, New South Wales
Electors54,108 (2019)
Area23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan
Electorates around Bankstown:
Fairfield Auburn Auburn
Cabramatta Bankstown Lakemba
Holsworthy East Hills Lakemba

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
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bankstown
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bankstown[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [9][10]
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
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References
  1. "Bankstown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. "Arthur Thomas (Spence) Powell(1903 - 1970)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. "Mr Nicholas Joseph Kearns (1920-1980)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Richard Charles Mochalski (1948-2002)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. "Mr Douglas James Shedden (1937- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. "Mr (Tony) Anthony Paul Stewart (1956- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  8. "Ms Tania Mihailuk MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  9. "Bankstown: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  10. "Bankstown: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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