Electoral results for the Division of Banks

Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Banks in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Eric Costa	Template:Australian politics/name	1949–1969
Template:Australian party style|	Vince Martin	Template:Australian politics/name	1969–1980
Template:Australian party style|	John Mountford	Template:Australian politics/name	1980–1990
Template:Australian party style|	Daryl Melham	Template:Australian politics/name	1990–2013
Template:Australian party style|	David Coleman	Template:Australian politics/name	2013–2025
Template:Australian party style|	Zhi Soon	Template:Australian politics/name	2025–present

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2007

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	45,059	54.62
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Bruce Morrow	27,728	33.61
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Susan Roberts	4,612	5.59
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Stephen Chavura	3,180	3.85
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Huu Khoa Nguyen	1,430	1.73
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Don Nguyen	492	0.60
Total formal votes			82,501	93.64
Informal votes			5,608	6.36
Turnout			88,109	95.02
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	50,392	61.08
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Bruce Morrow	32,109	38.92
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2004

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	32,736	44.61
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Roger Gray	30,927	42.15
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Stephen Makin	3,433	4.68
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Janne Peterson	2,654	3.62
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Harry Stavrinos	2,302	3.14
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Mark Clyburn	675	0.92
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Greg Briscoe-Hough	655	0.89
Total formal votes			73,382	92.65
Informal votes			5,818	7.35
Turnout			79,200	95.09
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	37,468	51.06
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Roger Gray	35,914	48.94
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2001

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	32,592	44.25
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Marcus Watzlaff	26,358	35.79
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Lynn Abrahams	4,649	6.31
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Ken O'Leary	2,522	3.42
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Stephen Cole	2,350	3.19
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	David Wilcox	2,066	2.81
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Sam Baissari	1,968	2.67
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Lynne Murphy	731	0.99
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Nazim Hannoun	418	0.57
Total formal votes			73,654	93.18
Informal votes			5,393	6.82
Turnout			79,047	95.48
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	38,952	52.88
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Marcus Watzlaff	34,702	47.12
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Elections in the 1990s

1998

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	32,599	44.52
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Stephen Iacono	24,744	33.79
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Phillip Maddison	8,010	10.94
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Alison Bailey	3,128	4.27
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Bill Chen	2,250	3.07
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Brian Grigg	1,422	1.94
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Greg Archer	1,075	1.47
Total formal votes			73,228	96.06
Informal votes			3,006	3.94
Turnout			76,234	95.16
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	41,818	57.11
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Stephen Iacono	31,410	42.89
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1996

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	31,878	43.56
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	David Sparkes	28,903	39.49
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Alison Bailey	5,566	7.60
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Gregg West	3,797	5.19
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Don Thompson	2,076	2.84
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Kayes	970	1.33
Total formal votes			73,190	95.75
Informal votes			3,246	4.25
Turnout			76.436	96.85
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	37,442	51.41
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	David Sparkes	35,391	48.59
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1993

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	40,460	54.80
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Clive Taylor	25,634	34.72
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Peter Farleigh	2,642	3.58
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Deborah Kirkman	2,522	3.42
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Paul Davaris	1,726	2.34
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Hay	846	1.15
Total formal votes			73,830	96.61
Informal votes			2,593	3.39
Turnout			76.423	96.44
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	44,675	60.54
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Clive Taylor	29,117	39.46
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1990

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	30,484	48.6
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Steve Pratt	21,957	35.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Paul Terrett	7,400	11.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Ian Clipsham	1,415	2.3
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Hay	671	1.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Brian Meyer	483	0.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Graeme Robinson	354	0.6
Total formal votes			62,764	96.4
Informal votes			2,367	3.6
Turnout			65,131	96.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Daryl Melham	36,233	57.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Steve Pratt	26,379	42.1
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Elections in the 1980s

1987

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Mountford	32,687	52.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Max Parker	24,430	39.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Montague Green	4,819	7.8
Total formal votes			61,936	95.4
Informal votes			3,017	4.6
Turnout			64,953	96.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Mountford	35,180	56.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Max Parker	26,745	43.2
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1984

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Mountford	35,473	57.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Max Parker	21,705	35.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Montague Green	4,590	7.4
Total formal votes			61,936	93.7
Informal votes			4,127	6.3
Turnout			65,895	95.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Mountford	37,908	61.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Max Parker	23,858	38.6
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1983

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Mountford	39,013	57.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Andrew Fairbairn	23,962	35.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Montague Greene	3,908	5.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	David Holmes	572	0.8
Total formal votes			67,455	97.6
Informal votes			1,639	2.4
Turnout			69,094	95.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Mountford	41,226	61.12
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Andrew Fairbairn	26,229	38.88
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1980

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Mountford	36,842	53.6
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Donald McConnell	25,316	36.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Montague Greene	6,600	9.6
Total formal votes			68,768	97.5
Informal votes			1,741	2.5
Turnout			70,499	95.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Mountford		58.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Donald McConnell		41.2
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Elections in the 1970s

1977

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin	33,452	48.6
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Paul Hinton	25,942	37.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Montague Greene	9,453	13.7
Total formal votes			58,847	97.6
Informal votes			1,693	2.4
Turnout			60,540	96.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin	37,330	54.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Paul Hinton	31,517	45.8
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1975

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin	30,617	51.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Maxwell Gibson	26,035	43.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Denise Arrow	1,939	3.3
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Ralph Skelton	681	1.1
Total formal votes			59,272	97.9
Informal votes			1,249	2.1
Turnout			60,521	96.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin		53.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Maxwell Gibson		46.9
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1974

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin	35,850	60.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Peter Kintominas	19,828	33.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Garry Bennett	3,203	5.4
Total formal votes			58,881	98.4
Informal votes			945	1.6
Turnout			59,826	96.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin		63.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Peter Kintominas		36.5
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1972

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin	31,620	58.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Randall Green	17,757	33.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Charles Nasmyth	2,392	4.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Anderson	2,114	3.9
Total formal votes			53,882	98.6
Informal votes			738	1.4
Turnout			54,620	96.6
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin		61.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Randall Green		38.1
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Elections in the 1960s

1969

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin	25,485	51.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Herman Tibben	15,102	30.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Peter Allen	5,949	12.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Reginald Jones	1,805	3.6
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Annette Andrew	1,030	2.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Kevin Watt	363	0.7
Total formal votes			49,734	97.7
Informal votes			1,166	2.3
Turnout			50,900	96.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Vince Martin		62.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Herman Tibben		38.0
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1966

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa	28,748	47.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Herman Tibben	27,349	45.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Norma Boyle	2,866	4.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Harry Hatfield	1,563	2.6
Total formal votes			60,526	95.7
Informal votes			2,697	4.3
Turnout			63,223	95.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa	31,974	52.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Herman Tibben	28,552	47.2
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1963

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa	33,175	56.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Milovan Kovjanic	23,014	39.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Pat Clancy	2,885	4.9
Total formal votes			59,074	98.3
Informal votes			1,009	1.7
Turnout			60,083	96.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa		60.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Milovan Kovjanic		39.3
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1961

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa	31,755	58.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Jack Manning	14,244	26.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Russell Duncan	5,190	9.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Antill	2,476	4.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Frank Bollins	945	1.7
Total formal votes			54,610	96.6
Informal votes			1,896	3.4
Turnout			56,506	96.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa		66.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Jack Manning		34.0
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1958

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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa	28,338	58.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Edgar Booth	16,322	33.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	John Lloyd	2,407	4.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Pat Clancy	1,634	3.4
Total formal votes			48,701	96.4
Informal votes			1,805	3.6
Turnout			50,506	96.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa		63.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Edgar Booth		36.6
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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa	23,431	56.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Harold Stalker	15,088	36.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Pat Clancy	3,356	8.0
Total formal votes			41,875	96.8
Informal votes			1,386	3.2
Turnout			43,261	96.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa		63.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Harold Stalker		36.5
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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Harold Stalker	18,589	33.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Pat Clancy	2,908	5.2
Total formal votes			55,738	98.6
Informal votes			816	1.4
Turnout			56,554	96.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa		66.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Harold Stalker		33.9
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Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	George Roffey	17,536	38.3
Total formal votes			45,755	97.6
Informal votes			1,143	2.4
Turnout			46,898	95.8
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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa	24,537	58.3
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Howard Fletcher	15,371	36.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Francis Foy	2,202	5.2
Total formal votes			42,110	98.8
Informal votes			941	2.2
Turnout			43,051	95.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Eric Costa		62.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Howard Fletcher		37.8
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References

Sources

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results