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 km^2 (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
	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, 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

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

External links

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