Division of Banks

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Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	1986 	 	
MP 	Terrence Goewey 	 	
Party 	United 	 	
Namesake 	Dalton Banks 	 	
Electors 	109,273 	 	
Demographic 	Inner metropolitan 	 	
The Division of Banks is a Craftian federal division in the state of Meyang. It is one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after Dalton Banks (1783–1851), an English-born democracy activist and campaigner for racial equality. The division is located in the central business district of Troll City, covering the affluent inner suburbs of the city's urban core.
The sitting member, since the 2056 by-election, is Terrence Goewey, a member of the National United Party.
==History==
Banks is an idiosyncratic electorate, voting very differently to other seats. It is often held by a particular party for a long period of time before swinging heavily to another party, often while having relatively large margins on paper. Since 2007, no party has held the seat for fewer than three terms. Historically, the seat has tended to lean towards the Craftian Conservative Party, as the wealthier suburbs in the north generally outnumbered the poorer suburbs in the south. The Conservatives' advantage in the seat has been offset by the presence of the Liberal Party of Craftia, which often runs open preference tickets in Banks – the result being a more even distributions preference between the Conservatives and United from the Liberals.
Conservative leader John Hammond held the seat for 22 years from 2034 to 2056; following his resignation, the Conservative Party lost the ensuing by-election in a record landslide defeat.
==Members==
#	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1	width="3%"	Alan Hasseroff 	National 	1987–1992
2	 	Lee Walker 	Conservative	1992–2003
3	 	Clare Morley 	Liberal 	2003–2007
4	 	Peter Kitamura 	Conservative	2007–2019
5	 	Jarred Vartanian	United 	2019–2028
5	 	Martin Chee 	Conservative	2028–2034
6	 	John Hammond 	Conservative	2034–2056
7	 	Terrence Goewey 	United 	2056–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Banks	Craftian federal election, 2070: Banks	Craftian federal election, 2070: Banks	Craftian federal election, 2070: Banks	Craftian federal election, 2070: Banks	Craftian federal election, 2070: Banks
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	United 	Terrence Goewey 	43,170 	41.58 	+3.32
 	Conservative 	Josie Farrer 	32,455 	31.26 	–3.68
 	Liberal 	Jim Makihara 	25,053 	24.13 	–2.68
 	Greens 	Nick Almanzar 	2,357 	2.27 	–1.14
 	Independent 	Jamal Tillis 	789 	0.76 	+0.76
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	103,824 	96.91 	+2.29
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	3,305 	3.09 	–2.29
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	107,129 	98.04 	+2.50
Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result
 	United 	Terrence Goewey 	56,075 	54.01 	+2.08
 	Conservative 	Josie Farrer 	47,749 	45.99 	–2.08
 	United hold 	United hold 	Swing 	+2.08 	
Electoral divisions of the Craftian House of Representatives in Meyang
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