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The Division of Banks was created in 1949. It is named for Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the naturalist who accompanied Cook on The Endeavour. Banks named Botany Bay and suggested it as a suitable place for British settlement.

REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Lakemba, Peakhurst, Punchbowl, Revesby
1955: Milperra, Mortdale, Peakhurst, Revesby
1969: Padstow, Panania, Peakhurst, Revesby
1977: Panania South, Peakhurst, Punchbowl South, Revesby
1984: Padstow, Panania, Peakhurst, Revesby
1993: Padstow, Panania, Peakhurst, Revesby
2001: Padstow, Panania, Peakhurst, Revesby
2007: Bankstown, Padstow, Panania, Revesby
2010: Hurstville, Kogarah, Padstow, Peakhurst
2016: Allawah, Panania, Padstow, Peakhurst
2025: Milperra, Padstow, Panania, Peakhurst

TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES

1949: Labor 12.2
1951: Labor 11.7
1954: Labor 16.1
1955: Labor 13.5
1958: Labor 12.3
1961: Labor 16.0
1963: Labor 10.7
1966: Labor 02.8
1969: Labor 12.0
1972: Labor 11.9

1974: Labor 13.5
1975: Labor 03.1
1977: Labor 04.2
1980: Labor 08.8
1983: Labor 12.0
1984: Labor 11.4
1987: Labor 06.8
1990: Labor 07.9
1993: Labor 10.5
1996: Labor 01.4

1998: Labor 07.1
2001: Labor 02.9
2004: Labor 01.1
2007: Labor 11.1
2010: Labor 01.5
2013: Liberal 01.8
2016: Liberal 01.4
2019: Liberal 06.3
2022: Liberal 03.2
2025: Labor 02.4

ENROLMENTS


ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
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MEMBERS FOR BANKS
Dominic Costa (ALP) 1949-69
Vince Martin (ALP) 1969-80
John Mountford (ALP) 1980-90
Daryl Melham (ALP) 1990-2013
Hon David Coleman (Lib) 2013-25
Zhi Soon (ALP) 2025-

Dominic Costa (ALP) 1949-69 Vince Martin (ALP) 1969-80 John Mountford (ALP) 1980-90

Daryl Melham (ALP) 1990-2013 Hon David Coleman (Lib) 2013-25 Zhi Soon (ALP) 2025-

CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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1949

1955

1969

1977

1984

1993

2001

2007

2010

2016