Electoral district of Bankstown
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Bankstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Tony Stewart of the Australian Labor Party.
[edit] Members for Bankstown
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James McGirr | Labor | 1927—1950 | |
| Arthur Powell | Labor | 1950—1962 | |
| Nick Kearns | Labor | 1962—1980 | |
| Ric Mochalski | Labor | 1980—1986 | |
| Doug Shedden | Labor | 1987—1999 | |
| Tony Stewart | Labor | 1999—present | |
[edit] Election results
| New South Wales general election, 2007: Bankstown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Tony Stewart | 25,671 | 64.2 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal | Mark Majewski | 7,977 | 20.0 | +2.5 | |
| Greens | Simon Brooks | 2,142 | 5.4 | -1.4 | |
| Christian Democrats | Zarif Abdulla | 1,897 | 4.7 | +1.6 | |
| Unity | Shawky Salah | 1,444 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Australians Against Further Immigration | Lynette Rogers | 845 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 42,130 | 94.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,154 | 5.5 | |||
| Turnout | 44,284 | ||||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Tony Stewart | 27,273 | 75.6 | -0.8 | |
| Liberal | Mark Majewski | 8,791 | 24.4 | +0.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
[edit] External links
- Bankstown Electoral District. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- State Electoral District - Bankstown Results 2007. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- State Electoral District - Bankstown Results 2003. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- State Electoral District - Bankstown Results 1999. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
