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Bankstown - 1962 (Roll: 27,523) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Cooper, Allan Hanson Communist 1,235 4.84 Cowan, David Liberal Party 9,006 35.27 Kearns, Nicholas Joseph (Elected) Labor Party 15,292 59.89 Formal Votes 25,533 Informal Votes 393 1.52 Total Votes / Turnout 25,926 94.20 Notes: Labor MP A.T.Powell retired.