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title: "Banks: members and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Banks: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
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Federal division, inner-metropolitan

# Banks

In New South Wales.

## Sitting member

- [ **Zhi Soon** Labor, Banks ](https://politics.computer/mp/zhi-soon)

About

## About Banks

Banks is an inner-metropolitan federal electoral division in south-western Sydney, New South Wales. It is represented in the House of Representatives by Zhi Soon of the Australian Labor Party. Zhi Soon's advertising focuses on the topics listed on this page.

Created

1949

Named after

Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist

Sitting member

Zhi Soon, Australian Labor Party

Held by the same party since

2025, when Zhi Soon defeated David Coleman

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FBanks), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Banks whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Banks yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Banks are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other divisions in New South Wales

- [Barton](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/barton)
- [Bennelong](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bennelong)
- [Berowra](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/berowra)
- [Blaxland](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/blaxland)
- [Bradfield](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bradfield)
- [Calare](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/calare)
- [Chifley](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/chifley)
- [Cook](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cook)
- [Cowper](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cowper)
- [Cunningham](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cunningham)
- [Dobell](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dobell)
- [Eden-Monaro](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/eden-monaro)
- [Farrer](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/farrer)
- [Fowler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fowler)
- [Gilmore](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gilmore)
- [Grayndler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/grayndler)
- [Greenway](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/greenway)
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- [Hume](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hume)
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- [Lyne](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lyne)
- [Macarthur](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/macarthur)

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