A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bankstown on 31 January 1987 following the resignation of sitting Labor party member, Ric Mochalski who was facing charges over the collapse of a property trust.[1] Mochalski gave the reason for his resignation as ill health, however the NSW Parliamentary Superannuation Fund rejected a claim based on ill health following a report from the NSW Chief Medical Officer.[2]
The Bankstown by-election was held the same day as the Heathcote by-election.
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 December 1986 | Ric Mochalski resigned from parliament. | |
| 2 January 1987 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[3] | |
| 8 January 1987 | Nominations | |
| 31 January 1987 | Polling day | |
| 20 February 1987 | Return of writ |
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Small Business People Group| style="text-align:left;"| Norm Axford| style="text-align:right;"| 641| style="text-align:right;"| 2.21| style="text-align:right;"| +2.21|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Democrats| style="text-align:left;"| Peter Carver| style="text-align:right;"| 603| style="text-align:right;"| 2.08| style="text-align:right;"| +2.08|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Humanist| style="text-align:left;"| Scott Wilkie| style="text-align:right;"| 172| style="text-align:right;"| 0.59| style="text-align:right;"| +0.59|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| Centre Unity| style="text-align:left;"| John Beasley| style="text-align:right;"| 93| style="text-align:right;"| 0.32| style="text-align:right;"| +0.32|-
|-| | | style="text-align:left;"| New Australian Republic| style="text-align:left;"| John Vartanian| style="text-align:right;"| 74| style="text-align:right;"| 0.26| style="text-align:right;"| +0.26|-