Electoral district of Bankstown

Bankstown
New South WalesLegislative Assembly

Location within Sydney
State or territory: New South Wales
Created: 1927
MP: Tania Mihailuk
Party: Australian Labor Party
Namesake: Bankstown, New South Wales
Electors: 49,017 (2011)
Area: 23 km² (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.

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Members for Bankstown

Member Party Period
  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

New South Wales state election, 2011: Bankstown[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tania Mihailuk 19,327 46.3 -17.9
Liberal Bill Chahine 12,457 29.9 +9.9
Independent Edmond Taouk 2,955 7.1 +7.1
Independent Rebecca Kay 2,709 6.5 +6.5
Christian Democrats Zarif Abdulla 1,779 4.3 -0.5
Greens Malikeh Michels 1,668 4.0 -1.4
Richard Phillips 818 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 41,713 93.6 -1.3
Informal votes 2,851 6.4 +1.3
Turnout 44,564 91.5 -1.2
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Tania Mihailuk 21,011 60.3 -15.2
Liberal Bill Chahine 13,862 39.7 +15.2
Labor hold Swing -15.2

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