Electoral district of Bankstown

Bankstown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
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

	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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 2015: Bankstown^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

↑ "Bankstown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
↑ State Electoral District of Bankstown: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Bankstown: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

"Bankstown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

Electoral districts of New South Wales

City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown	Bankstown Bass Hill Birrong Chester Hill Chullora Condell Park East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Sefton Villawood Yagoona

War history	Bankstown Bunker No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF History of Bankstown during World War II HMS Nabberley

Crime	Bilal Skaf Milperra massacre Roger Rogerson Sydney gang rapes Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

Education	Alphacrucis Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown City Library Bankstown Girls Birrong Girls High School Bass High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney

Public transport bus service	Highway Tours McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company South Western Coach Lines Transdev NSW

Public transport by rail	Airport line Bankstown Line Bankstown station Birrong station Chester Hill station Leightonfield station Punchbowl station Sefton station Villawood station Yagoona station East Hills station Padstow station Panania station Revesby station

Sports facilities & Public parks	Bankstown Oval Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Middleton Park Mirambeena Regional Park O'Neill Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex

Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Sports teams	Bankstown Berries Bankstown Bruins Bankstown City Bulls Bankstown City Lions Bankstown District Cricket Club Bankstown RSL Dragons Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Akmal Saleh Anh Do Brett Emerton Brett Holman Bryan Brown Casey Donovan Christian Heim Danny Adcock Geoff Robinson Hard-Ons Ian Thorpe John Burgess Mamdouh Habib Mark Waugh Paul Keating Paulini Curuenavuli Steve Waugh Tahir Bilgiç Terry Lamb Vince Sorrenti

Other topics	Bankstown Bites Food Festival Canterbury-Bankstown Bankstown Central Shopping Centre Division of Banks Electoral district of Bankstown (results)

List of Sydney suburbs

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