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Bankstown - 1959 (Roll: 22,756) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Howe, Frederick John Liberal Party 7,066 33.49 Hughes, Morris John Rodwell Communist 670 3.18 Powell, Arthur Thomas (Re-elected) Labor Party 12,519 59.34 Reid, Charles Lyle Independents 842 3.99 Formal Votes 21,097 Informal Votes 448 2.08 Total Votes / Turnout 21,545 94.68