Electoral results for the district of Bankstown

Bankstown, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1927. Every election has been won by a member of the Labor party.[1][2][3][4]

Election	Member		Party
1927		James McGirr	Labor
1930
1932
1935
1938			Labor / Labor (N-C)
1941			Labor
1944
1947
1950		Spence Powell	Labor
1953
1956
1959
1962		Nick Kearns	Labor
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1980 by		Ric Mochalski	Labor
1981
1984
1987 by		Doug Shedden	Labor
1988
1991
1995
1999		Tony Stewart	Labor
2003
2007
2011		Tania Mihailuk	Labor
2015
2019

Election results

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tania Mihailuk	23,897	54.65	−1.68
	Liberal	George Zakhia	13,293	30.40	−0.85
	Independent	Saud Abu-Samen	3,856	8.82	+8.82
	Greens	James Rooney	2,684	6.14	+1.70
Total formal votes			43,730	93.85	−0.06
Informal votes			2,867	6.15	+0.06
Turnout			46,597	86.12	−0.86
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tania Mihailuk	25,735	63.82	−0.15
	Liberal	George Zakhia	14,590	36.18	+0.15
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.15

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [7][8]

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

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Bankstown[9]

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-party-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

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Stewart	25,671	64.2	+2.7
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	7,977	20.0	+2.5
	Greens	Simon Brooks	2,142	5.4	-1.4
	Christian Democrats	Zarif Abdulla	1,897	4.7	+1.6
	Unity	Shawky Salah	1,444	3.6	-0.5
	AAFI	Lynette Rogers	845	2.1	+0.6
Total formal votes			39,976	94.9	+0.2
Informal votes			2,154	5.1	-0.2
Turnout			42,130	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Stewart	27,234	75.4	-1.0
	Liberal	Mark Majewski	8,870	24.6	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Stewart	23,787	62.7	-5.5
	Liberal	David Grabovac	5,783	15.2	+0.4
	Greens	Sanaa Ghabbar	2,495	6.6	+4.9
	Unity	Nasser Roumieh	1,988	5.2	+1.2
	Christian Democrats	Janne Peterson	1,259	3.3	+1.2
	Socialist Alliance	Sam Wainwright	973	2.6	+2.6
	One Nation	Bradley Torr	510	1.3	-4.8
	Legal System Reform	Hanan Sowilam	463	1.2	+1.2
	Democrats	Joseph McDermott	353	0.9	+0.9
	AAFI	Gregg Pringle	352	0.9	+0.1
Total formal votes			37,973	94.5	-1.0
Informal votes			2,210	5.5	+1.0
Turnout			40,183	89.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Stewart	25,792	78.6	-1.6
	Liberal	David Grabovac	7,004	21.4	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Stewart	26,519	68.1	+6.4
	Liberal	Paul Barrett	5,755	14.8	-13.2
	One Nation	Barry Ashe	2,327	6.0	+6.0
	Unity	Erick Meguid	1,551	4.0	+4.0
	Christian Democrats	Kylie Laurence	838	2.2	+2.2
	Democrats	Kate Botting	751	1.9	-2.0
	Greens	Kate Walsh	666	1.7	+1.7
	AAFI	John Bastin	315	0.8	+0.8
	Socialist Equality	Richard Phillips	239	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			38,961	95.5	+4.2
Informal votes			1,840	4.5	-4.2
Turnout			40,801	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Stewart	28,637	80.2	+11.9
	Liberal	Paul Barrett	7,062	19.8	-11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.9

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Shedden	21,747	63.5	+3.4
	Liberal	Paul Barrett	10,875	31.7	-8.2
	Democrats	Jeffrey Meikle	1,062	3.1	+3.1
	Natural Law	Mike Smith	580	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			34,264	92.8	+16.3
Informal votes			2,660	7.2	-16.3
Turnout			36,924	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Shedden	22,350	66.2	+6.2
	Liberal	Paul Barrett	11,394	33.8	-6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.2

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Shedden	16,368	60.1	+11.8
	Liberal	Paul Barrett	10,889	39.9	+1.8
Total formal votes			27,257	67.5	-18.9
Informal votes			8,363	23.5	+18.9
Turnout			35,620	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Shedden	14,258	49.7	-14.4
	Liberal	Bob Young	9,054	31.6	-2.0
	Independent	Kevin Ryan	5,364	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			28,676	95.7	-0.2
Informal votes			1,285	4.3	+0.2
Turnout			29,961	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Shedden	15,382	59.2	-6.0
	Liberal	Bob Young	10,592	40.8	+6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.0

1987 by-election

1987 Bankstown by-election
Saturday 31 January [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Shedden	12,677	43.80
	Liberal	Terry McDonald	4,336	23.20
	Independent	Kevin Ryan	5,395	18.64
	Call to Australia	Elaine Nile	993	3.43
	Independent	Norm Axford	641	2.21
	Independent	Peter Carver	603	2.08
	Independent	John Hillman	568	1.96
	Independent	Richard Mezinec	309	1.07
	Unite Australia	Peter Sawyer	243	0.84
	Independent	Scott Wilkie	172	0.59
	Independent	John Beasley	93	0.32
	New Australian Republic	John Vartanian	74	0.26
Total formal votes			28,940	95.689
Informal votes			1,308	4.32
Turnout			30,248	84.85
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Shedden	14,832	61.37	-3.13
	Liberal	Terry McDonald	9,336	38.63	+3.13
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.13

Labor party member Ric Mochalski resigned.[16]

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ric Mochalski	19,403	64.5	-0.4
	Liberal	Terry McDonald	10,668	35.5	+5.6
Total formal votes			30,071	96.0	+0.2
Informal votes			1,258	4.0	-0.2
Turnout			31,329	93.8	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.2

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ric Mochalski	18,754	64.9	-8.1
	Liberal	James McDonald	8,634	29.9	+9.2
	Independent	Donna Hoban	1,513	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			28,901	95.8
Informal votes			1,266	4.2
Turnout			30,167	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ric Mochalski	19,530	68.7	-7.1
	Liberal	James McDonald	8,900	31.3	+7.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.1

1980 by-election

1980 Bankstown state by-election [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ric Mochalski	16,074	65.64	-10.16
	Liberal	James McDonald	8,414	34.36	+10.16
Total formal votes			24,488	96.92	-0.38
Informal votes			779	3.08	+0.38
Turnout			25,267	77.54	-16.66
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.36

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	22,604	73.0	+7.5
	Liberal	John Ghent	6,417	20.7	-13.8
	Democrats	Vera Stewart	1,939	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			30,960	97.3	-0.7
Informal votes			855	2.7	+0.7
Turnout			31,815	94.2	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Kearns	23,470	75.8	+10.3
	Liberal	John Ghent	7,490	24.2	-10.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.3

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	20,619	65.5	+3.5
	Liberal	John Ghent	10,872	34.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			31,491	98.0	+1.0
Informal votes			657	2.0	-1.0
Turnout			32,148	94.2	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	18,920	62.0	-1.9
	Liberal	John Ghent	10,306	33.8	-2.3
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Sanders	1,303	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			30,529	97.0
Informal votes			941	3.0
Turnout			31,470	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Kearns	19,181	62.8	-1.1
	Liberal	John Ghent	11,348	37.2	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	17,115	63.9	+4.6
	Liberal	John Ghent	9,683	36.1	-4.6
Total formal votes			26,798	97.3
Informal votes			750	2.7
Turnout			27,548	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	15,256	59.3	+4.5
	Liberal	John Ghent	10,455	40.7	-0.5
Total formal votes			25,711	97.0
Informal votes			795	3.0
Turnout			26,506	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	14,025	54.8	−5.1
	Liberal	David Cowan	10,540	41.2	+5.9
	Communist	Frank Bollins	1,038	4.0	−0.8
Total formal votes			25,603	97.8	−0.7
Informal votes			563	2.2	+0.7
Turnout			26,166	94.1	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Kearns	14,855	58.0	−5.8
	Liberal	David Cowan	10,748	42.0	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.8

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	15,292	59.9	+0.6
	Liberal	David Cowan	9,006	35.3	+1.8
	Communist	Allan Cooper	1,235	4.8	+1.6
Total formal votes			25,533	98.5
Informal votes			393	1.5
Turnout			25,926	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nick Kearns	16,280	63.8	−0.1
	Liberal	David Cowan	9,253	36.2	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Spence Powell	12,519	59.3
	Liberal	Fred Howe	7,066	33.5
	Independent	Charles Reid	842	4.0
	Communist	Jack Hughes	670	3.2
Total formal votes			21,097	97.9
Informal votes			448	2.1
Turnout			21,545	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Spence Powell	13,476	63.9
	Liberal	Fred Howe	7,621	36.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Spence Powell	14,268	59.4	−30.0
	Liberal	Reginald Allsop	8,767	36.5	+36.5
	Communist	Roy Boyd	981	4.1	−6.5
Total formal votes			24,016	98.2	+5.7
Informal votes			444	1.8	−5.7
Turnout			24,460	94.5	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Spence Powell	18,181	63.1	−26.3
	Liberal	Reginald Allsop	8,865	36.9	+36.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Spence Powell	16,726	89.4
	Communist	Claude Jones	1,981	10.6
Total formal votes			18,707	92.5
Informal votes			1,517	7.5
Turnout			20,224	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Spence Powell	15,616	62.8
	Liberal	Blanche Barkl	9,242	37.2
Total formal votes			24,858	98.4
Informal votes			407	1.6
Turnout			25,265	93.4
	Labor hold		Swing

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	16,858	60.9	+1.9
	Liberal	John Byrne	5,783	20.9	+20.9
	Lang Labor	Ernest Callaghan	3,300	11.9	-29.1
	Independent	George Durrance	1,751	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			27,692	98.7	+3.9
Informal votes			375	1.3	-3.9
Turnout			28,067	94.6	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	12,507	59.0	-4.3
	Lang Labor	Stephen Roberts	8,706	41.0	+41.0
Total formal votes			21,213	94.8	-1.7
Informal votes			1,156	5.2	+1.7
Turnout			22,369	92.7	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	10,953	54.7
	Independent	Percy Coleman	5,343	26.7
	State Labor	Morris Hughes	2,873	14.4
	New Social Order	Jack Edwards	855	4.3
Total formal votes			20,024	96.5
Informal votes			731	3.5
Turnout			20,755	93.1
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	unopposed
	Labor hold

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	James McGirr	11,808	53.6	+5.5
	United Australia	Julian De Meyrick	9,258	42.0	+5.1
	Communist	Frederick Loveday	963	4.4	+2.8
Total formal votes			22,029	97.8	+0.4
Informal votes			491	2.2	-0.4
Turnout			22,520	96.6	+0.4
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	James McGirr	9,674	48.1	-21.2
	United Australia	John Byrne	7,420	36.9	+8.1
	Federal Labor	John Metcalfe	1,553	7.7	+7.7
	Independent UAP	Jacob Cook	1,145	5.7	+5.7
	Communist	Michael Ryan	314	1.6	+0.5
Total formal votes			20,106	97.4	+0.8
Informal votes			546	2.6	-0.8
Turnout			20,652	96.2	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (NSW)	James McGirr	10,608	52.8
	United Australia	John Byrne	9,498	47.2
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	12,709	69.3
	Nationalist	Edward Gill	5,286	28.8
	Communist	Oliver Griffin	192	1.1
	Independent	Frederick Wills	145	0.8
Total formal votes			18,332	96.6
Informal votes			645	3.4
Turnout			18,977	96.6
	Labor hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	7,548	55.6
	Nationalist	Arthur Gardiner	5,742	42.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Frederick Webster	181	1.3
	Independent	Alfred Finney	105	0.8
Total formal votes			13,576	99.1
Informal votes			118	0.9
Turnout			13,694	86.4
	Labor win		(new seat)

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