Electoral district of Bankstown
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| Bankstown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly |
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| File:Nsw electoral district bankstown 2015.svg
Location within Sydney
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| State | New South Wales |
| Created | 1927 |
| MP | Tania Mihailuk |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
| Namesake | Bankstown, New South Wales |
| Electors | 49,017 (2011) |
| Area | 23 km2 (8.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
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 | |
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| James McGirr | Labor | 1927–1940 | |
| Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
| Labor | 1941–1950 | ||
| Spence Powell | Labor | 1950–1962 | |
| Nick Kearns | Labor | 1962–1980 | |
| Ric Mochalski | Labor | 1980–1986 | |
| Doug Shedden | Labor | 1987–1999 | |
| Tony Stewart | Labor | 1999–2011 | |
| Tania Mihailuk | Labor | 2011–present | |
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Tania Mihailuk | 24,170 | 56.3 | +8.8 | |
| Liberal | George Zakhia | 13,408 | 31.2 | +0.9 | |
| Greens | Luke Poliszcuk | 1,903 | 4.4 | −0.8 | |
| Christian Democrats | Juliat Nasr | 1,813 | 4.2 | −0.2 | |
| No Land Tax | Jeremy Lawrance | 1,113 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Oscar Grenfell | 501 | 1.2 | +1.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 42,908 | 93.9 | +1.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,785 | 6.1 | −1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 45,693 | 87.0 | −1.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tania Mihailuk | 25,382 | 64.0 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal | George Zakhia | 14,293 | 36.0 | −3.4 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
References
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- ↑ State Electoral District of Bankstown: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ↑ State Electoral District of Bankstown: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
