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Bankstown - 1956 (Roll: 25,885) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Allsop, Reginald Liberal Party 8,767 36.50 Boyd, Roy Douglas Communist 981 4.08 Powell, Arthur Thomas (Re-elected) Labor Party 14,268 59.41 Formal Votes 24,016 Informal Votes 444 1.82 Total Votes / Turnout 24,460 94.49