Electoral district of Bankstown

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 Jihad Dib, a member of the Labor party, who was previously the member for the abolished seat Lakemba.

Bankstown
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Created1927
MPJihad Dib
PartyLabor
NamesakeBankstown, New South Wales
Electors54,108 (2019)
Area23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan
Electorates around Bankstown:
Auburn Auburn Strathfield
East Hills Bankstown Canterbury
East Hills Oatley Kogarah

Geography

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On its current boundaries, Bankstown takes in the suburbs of Bankstown, Bass Hill, Birrong, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Punchbowl, Regents Park, Revesby, Sefton, Villawood, Yagoona.[1][2][3]

Members for Bankstown

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Member Party Period
  James McGirr[4] Labor 1927–1940
  Labor (N-C) 1940–1941
  Labor 1941–1950
  Spence Powell[5] Labor 1950–1962
  Nick Kearns[6] Labor 1962–1980
  Ric Mochalski[7] Labor 1980–1986
  Doug Shedden[8] Labor 1987–1999
  Tony Stewart[9] Labor 1999–2011
  Tania Mihailuk[10] Labor 2011–2022
  Independent 2022–2023
  One Nation 2023
  Jihad Dib Labor 2023–present

Election results

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2023 New South Wales state election: Bankstown[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jihad Dib 27,247 59.4 −0.8
Liberal Nathan Taleb 11,379 24.8 +0.8
Greens Isaac Nasedra 2,436 5.3 +0.8
Informed Medical Options Yosra Alyateem 1,306 2.8 +2.8
Ind. Socialist Equality Max Boddy 1,223 2.7 +2.7
Animal Justice Dorlene Abou-Haidar 893 1.9 +0.7
Sustainable Australia Luke Habib 725 1.6 +1.6
Public Education Marianne Glinka 679 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 45,888 93.4 −0.4
Informal votes 3,267 6.6 +0.4
Turnout 49,155 82.9 −2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jihad Dib 29,210 70.3 −0.1
Liberal Nathan Taleb 12,322 29.7 +0.1
Labor hold Swing −0.1

References

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  1. ^ "Bankstown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Arthur Thomas (Spence) Powell(1903 - 1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr Nicholas Joseph Kearns (1920-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr Richard Charles Mochalski (1948-2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr Douglas James Shedden (1937- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Mr (Tony) Anthony Paul Stewart (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Ms Tania Mihailuk MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  11. ^ LA First Preference: Bankstown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  12. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Bankstown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.