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 Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	1927
MP	Jihad Dib
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bankstown, New South Wales
Electors	54,108 (2019)
Area	23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Electorates around Bankstown: Auburn Auburn Strathfield East Hills Bankstown Canterbury East Hills Oatley Kogarah

Geography

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

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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bankstown

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bankstown.[edit]

References

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.