Division of Banks

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
300px Division of Banks (green) in New South Wales
Created	1949
Namesake	Sir Joseph Banks
Area	49 km2 (18.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

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Sir Joseph Banks

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.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Dominic Costa	Labor	1949–1969
	Vince Martin	Labor	1969–1980
	John Mountford	Labor	1980–1990
	Daryl Melham	Labor	1990–2013
	David Coleman	Liberal	2013–2025
	Zhi Soon	Labor	2025–present

Daryl Melham was the chairman of the ALP caucus from 2004 until 2012.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Banks
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
	Template:Australian politics/name/Liberal hold		Swing	−3.06

Division Of Banks Media

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• Division of Banks 2025.svg

  Location of the federal electoral division (dark green) of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales as of the 2025 Australian federal election. Divisions shapefile from Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 by the

• Joseph Banks 1773 Reynolds.jpg

  Sir Joseph Banks, the division's namesake. A 1773 portrait by Joshua Reynolds.

• Dominic Costa.jpg

  Dominic Costa, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Banks

• Vince Martin 1970.png

  A 1970 portrait of Vince Martin, MHR for Banks

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• Official portrait of The Hon David Coleman MP, Australian Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website.

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References

• Division of Banks – Australian Electoral Commission

Other websites

• Daryl Melham's website Archived 2012-12-14 at the Wayback Machine