Electoral district of Bankstown
Bankstown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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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 includes the suburbs of Bankstown, Bass Hill, Birrong, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Punchbowl, Regents Park, Revesby, Sefton, Villawood, Yagoona.
Members for Bankstown
Member | Party | Period | |
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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 | 2011–2022 | |
Independent | 2022–2023 | ||
One Nation | 2023 | ||
Jihad Dib | Labor | 2023–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |
Independent 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 |