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Bankstown - 1953 (Roll: 21,618) Retained by Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Jones, Claude Communist 1,981 10.59 Powell, Arthur Thomas (Re-elected) Labor Party 16,726 89.41 Formal Votes 18,707 Informal Votes 1,517 7.50 Total Votes / Turnout 20,224 93.55