Division of Banks
Australian federal electoral division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Australian federal electoral division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Division of Banks is a Federal Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of New South Wales. It was set up in 1949. It is named for Sir Joseph Banks, the British scientist who accompanied James Cook on his voyage to Australia in 1770.
Banks Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 1949 |
MP | David Coleman |
Party | Liberal |
Namesake | Sir Joseph Banks |
Area | 49 km2 (18.9 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The division of Banks is covers the south-western suburbs of Sydney. It includes Allawah, Blakehurst, Connells Point, Hurstville, Hurstville Grove, South Hurstville, Kyle Bay, Lugarno, Mortdale, Oatley, Padstow Heights, Peakhurst, Peakhurst Heights, and Penshurst, and parts of Bankstown, Beverly Hills, Carlton, Kingsgrove, Narwee, Padstow, Punchbowl, Revesby and Riverwood.
Daryl Melham was the chairman of the ALP caucus from 2004 until 2012.[1]
2022 Australian federal election: Banks[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | David Coleman | 41,622 | 45.22 | −5.70 | |
Labor | Zhi Soon | 32,459 | 35.26 | −1.09 | |
Greens | Natalie Hanna | 8,063 | 8.76 | +2.94 | |
United Australia | Marika Momircevski | 5,048 | 5.48 | +3.27 | |
One Nation | Malcolm Heffernan | 2,628 | 2.86 | +2.86 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elouise Cocker | 1,264 | 1.37 | +1.37 | |
Steve Khouw | 961 | 1.04 | +1.04 | ||
Total formal votes | 92,045 | 93.36 | +0.56 | ||
Informal votes | 6,550 | 6.64 | −0.56 | ||
Turnout | 98,595 | 91.55 | −1.48 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | David Coleman | 48,969 | 53.20 | −3.06 | |
Labor | Zhi Soon | 43,076 | 46.80 | +3.06 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.06 |
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