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Bankstown - 1971 (Roll: 29,119) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Ghent, John Wentworth Liberal Party 9,683 36.13 Kearns, Nicholas Joseph (Re-elected) Labor Party 17,115 63.87 Formal Votes 26,798 Informal Votes 750 2.72 Total Votes / Turnout 27,548 94.60