Electoral district of Bankstown

Bankstown
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Bankstown; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	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
	Electorates around 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 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]^[2]^[3]

Members for Bankstown[]

	Party	Period
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–present

Election results[]

2019 New South Wales state election: Bankstown ^[11]^[12]
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.
^ 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.
^ "Bankstown: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Bankstown: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[1] "Bankstown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[2] Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[James_McGirr_NSW_parl-4] "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Spence_Powell_NSW_parl-5] "Arthur Thomas (Spence) Powell(1903 - 1970)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[Nick_Kearns_NSW_parl-6] "Mr Nicholas Joseph Kearns (1920-1980)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[Ric_Mochalski_NSW_parl-7] "Mr Richard Charles Mochalski (1948-2002)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[Doug_Shedden_NSW_parl-8] "Mr Douglas James Shedden (1937- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

[Tony_Stewart_NSW_parl-9] "Mr (Tony) Anthony Paul Stewart (1956- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Tania_Mihailuk_NSW_parl-10] "Ms Tania Mihailuk MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[11] "Bankstown: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[12] "Bankstown: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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