| Banks Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Banks in New South Wales, as of the 2019 federal election | |
| Created | 1949 |
| MP | David Coleman |
| Party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Sir Joseph Banks |
| Electors | 107,786 (2022) |
| Area | 53 km2 (20.5 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
The Division of Banks is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
The division was created in 1949 and is named for Sir Joseph Banks, the British naturalist and botanist who accompanied James Cook on his voyage to Australia in 1770. It has always been based in the south-western and southern suburbs of Sydney, including the suburbs of Padstow, Panania, Peakhurst and Revesby.
Up until 2013, it was held since its creation by the Australian Labor Party, but has grown increasingly marginal from the 1990s onward. It was almost lost in 2004, but the 2006 redistribution added areas to the west in Bankstown and Condell Park which strengthened the seat for Labor. Those areas were lost in the 2009 redistribution, which pushed Banks into new areas to the east, around Hurstville. Long-term Labor member, Daryl Melham, was defeated at the 2013 federal election by current member David Coleman. Coleman became the first non-Labor member for the seat, breaking a 64-year tradition.
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [1]
The division includes the suburbs of Allawah, East Hills, Hurstville Grove, Lugarno, Mortdale, Oatley, Padstow, Padstow Heights, Panania, Peakhurst, Peakhurst Heights, Picnic Point, Revesby Heights, and South Hurstville; and parts of Bankstown, Bankstown Aerodrome, Beverly Hills, Blakehurst, Carlton, Condell Park, Connells Point, Hurstville, Milperra, Narwee, Penshurst, Revesby, and Riverwood. [2]
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eric Costa (1900–1976) | Labor | 10 December 1949 – 29 September 1969 | Retired | |
 | Vince Martin (1920–2001) | 25 October 1969 – 19 September 1980 | Lost preselection and retired | ||
 | John Mountford (1933–2022) | 18 October 1980 – 19 February 1990 | Retired | ||
| | Daryl Melham (1954–) | 24 March 1990 – 7 September 2013 | Lost seat | ||
 | David Coleman (1974–) | Liberal | 7 September 2013 – present | Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent |
| 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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