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Bankstown - 1978 (Roll: 33,780) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Stewart, Vera Australian Democrats 1,939 6.26 Ghent, John Wentworth Liberal Party 6,417 20.73 Kearns, Nicholas Joseph (Re-elected) Labor Party 22,604 73.01 Formal Votes 30,960 Informal Votes 855 2.69 Total Votes / Turnout 31,815 94.18