Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 29 October 1927
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 1,394,254[a]
Votes cast 1,150,767 Turnout 82.54 +13.47
Informal votes 15,086 Informal 1.31 –2.06
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 488,306 43.00 –2.99 40 –6
  Nationalist 437,050 38.48 +1.41 33 +1
  Country 100,963 8.89 –2.58 13 +4
  Independent Labor 32,217 2.84 +2.58 2 +2
  Ind. Nationalist 30,061 2.65 +2.06 2 +1
  Protestant Labor 7,264 0.64 –1.47 0 –1
  Independent Country 4,316 0.38 +0.38 0 ±0
  Independents 35,504 3.13 +1.02 0 –1 [b]
Total 1,135,681     90  

The 1927 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts returning 90 members and all elections were held on 8 October 1927.

This election took place after the Hare-Clark voting system was abolished and replaced with single member districts with optional preferential voting.[1]

Results by electoral district

Albury

1927 New South Wales state election: Albury [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Ross 5,544 45.6
Labor James Hannan 4,786 39.4
Independent Labor Vern Goodin (defeated) 1,492 12.3
Independent George Daniel 263 2.2
Independent Charles Riley 65 0.5
Total formal votes 12,150 98.8
Informal votes 146 1.2
Turnout 12,296 82.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Ross 5,996 54.0
Labor James Hannan 5,105 46.0
Nationalist win (new seat)

Alexandria

1927 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Ratcliffe 8,370 67.6
Nationalist Ernest Kidd 4,018 32.4
Total formal votes 12,388 98.8
Informal votes 150 1.2
Turnout 12,538 82.7
Labor win (new seat)

Annandale

1927 New South Wales state election: Annandale [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 6,934 56.0
Nationalist Edward Hogan 5,454 44.0
Total formal votes 12,388 99.0
Informal votes 120 1.0
Turnout 12,508 82.7
Labor win (new seat)

Armidale

1927 New South Wales state election: Armidale [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Drummond 7,620 62.7
Labor Alfred McClelland (defeated) 4,539 37.3
Total formal votes 12,159 98.9
Informal votes 137 1.1
Turnout 12,296 83.1
Country win (new seat)

Ashburnham

1927 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Edmund Best 7,063 58.8
Labor William Keast 4,954 41.2
Total formal votes 12,017 98.4
Informal votes 200 1.6
Turnout 12,217 82.8
Nationalist win (new seat)

Ashfield

1927 New South Wales state election: Ashfield [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Milton Jarvie 6,537 58.2
Labor Walter Sparrow 2,904 25.9
Independent Alexander Huie 1,787 15.9
Total formal votes 11,228 99.2
Informal votes 90 0.8
Turnout 11,318 85.7
Nationalist win (new seat)

Auburn

1927 New South Wales state election: Auburn [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Lang 9,429 61.2
Independent Labor Patrick Minahan (defeated) 3,153 20.5
Independent Tom Cheetham 2,821 18.3
Total formal votes 15,403 98.8
Informal votes 190 1.2
Turnout 15,593 84.6
Labor win (new seat)

Balmain

1927 New South Wales state election: Balmain [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor H. V. Evatt 6,722 53.0
Labor Harry Doran 5,949 47.0
Total formal votes 12,671 98.6
Informal votes 182 1.4
Turnout 12,853 87.0
Independent Labor win (new seat)

Bankstown

1927 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James McGirr 7,548 55.6
Nationalist Arthur Gardiner 5,742 42.3
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Webster 181 1.3
Independent Alfred Finney 105 0.8
Total formal votes 13,576 99.1
Informal votes 118 0.9
Turnout 13,694 86.4
Labor win (new seat)

Barwon

1927 New South Wales state election: Barwon [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Walter Wearne 6,098 52.7
Labor George Brand 4,742 41.0
Independent George Taylor 739 6.4
Total formal votes 11,579 98.5
Informal votes 178 1.5
Turnout 11,757 84.0
Nationalist win (new seat)

Bathurst

1927 New South Wales state election: Bathurst [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gus Kelly 6,508 55.1
Nationalist Arthur Brown 5,301 44.9
Total formal votes 11,809 96.6
Informal votes 414 3.4
Turnout 12,223 84.7
Labor win (new seat)

Bondi

1927 New South Wales state election: Bondi [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist Harold Jaques 7,692 53.5
Nationalist Millicent Preston-Stanley (defeated) 3,408 23.7
Labor Susan Francis 3,278 22.8
Total formal votes 14,378 97.9
Informal votes 310 2.1
Turnout 14,688 84.8
Ind. Nationalist win (new seat)

Both Harold Jaques and Millicent Preston-Stanley were Nationalist members for Eastern Suburbs and Preston-Stanley won Nationalist pre-selection. Jaques re-joined the Nationalist party after the election.

Botany

1927 New South Wales state election: Botany [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Thomas Mutch 6,281 51.0
Labor Bob Heffron 5,661 46.0
Nationalist Benjamin Blackburn 374 3.0
Total formal votes 12,316 99.1
Informal votes 114 0.9
Turnout 12,430 88.7
Independent Labor win (new seat)

Burwood

1927 New South Wales state election: Burwood [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas Henley 8,555 69.2
Labor Henry Joyce 2,858 23.1
Independent Harry Beach 949 7.7
Total formal votes 12,362 99.0
Informal votes 121 1.0
Turnout 12,483 80.4
Nationalist win (new seat)

Byron

1927 New South Wales state election: Byron [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Country Frederick Stuart (defeated) 4,316 37.2
Country Arthur Budd 4,265 36.8
Labor Mark Graham 1,569 13.5
Independent Labor Robert Gillies (defeated) 1,449 12.5
Total formal votes 11,599 97.5
Informal votes 302 2.5
Turnout 11,901 82.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Arthur Budd 4,940 51.9
Independent Country Frederick Stuart 4,584 48.1
Country win (new seat)

Canterbury

1927 New South Wales state election: Canterbury [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 7,983 53.9
Nationalist Arthur Long 6,841 46.1
Total formal votes 14,824 99.0
Informal votes 146 1.0
Turnout 14,970 86.3
Labor win (new seat)

Castlereagh

1927 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Thorby 6,984 52.4
Labor Joseph Clark (defeated) 6,353 47.6
Total formal votes 13,337 99.1
Informal votes 123 0.9
Turnout 13,460 84.8
Country win (new seat)

Cessnock

1927 New South Wales state election: Cessnock [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Baddeley 7,736 69.8
Independent Malcolm McNeil 3,341 30.2
Total formal votes 11,077 98.4
Informal votes 175 1.6
Turnout 11,252 76.0
Labor win (new seat)

Clarence

1927 New South Wales state election: Clarence [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alfred Pollack 6,563 58.6
Ind. Nationalist William Zuill 4,634 41.4
Total formal votes 11,197 98.7
Informal votes 144 1.3
Turnout 11,341 73.0
Country win (new seat)

Coogee

1927 New South Wales state election: Coogee [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Hyman Goldstein 9,196 67.6
Labor Thomas Brown 4,416 32.4
Total formal votes 13,612 99.1
Informal votes 123 0.9
Turnout 13,735 78.5
Nationalist win (new seat)

Cootamundra

1927 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken Hoad 6,293 50.3
Country Thomas Fitzpatrick 6,207 49.7
Total formal votes 12,500 99.0
Informal votes 129 1.0
Turnout 12,629 85.0
Labor win (new seat)

Corowa

1927 New South Wales state election: Corowa [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Richard Ball 7,267 69.6
Labor James Pearce 3,168 30.4
Total formal votes 10,435 98.3
Informal votes 183 1.7
Turnout 10,618 76.2
Nationalist win (new seat)

Croydon

1927 New South Wales state election: Croydon [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 10,019 66.4
Labor Ernest Cook 5,058 33.6
Total formal votes 15,077 99.0
Informal votes 159 1.0
Turnout 15,236 83.2
Nationalist win (new seat)

Drummoyne

1927 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Lee 6,174 41.9
Labor David McLelland 5,507 37.4
Independent William Gray 3,049 20.7
Total formal votes 14,730 98.8
Informal votes 171 1.2
Turnout 14,901 86.9
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Lee 8,689 60.5
Labor David McLelland 5,663 39.5
Nationalist win (new seat)

Dulwich Hill

1927 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Ness 6,584 44.3
Labor Thomas Gilson 5,258 35.4
Ind. Nationalist Tom Hoskins (defeated) 2,887 19.4
Independent Donald Croal 131 0.9
Total formal votes 14,860 97.8
Informal votes 331 2.2
Turnout 15,191 87.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Ness 8,427 59.8
Labor Thomas Gilson 5,662 40.2
Nationalist win (new seat)

Eastwood

1927 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist David Anderson 7,770 65.5
Labor Alan McNamara 3,630 30.6
Protestant Labor William Featherstone 463 3.9
Total formal votes 11,863 98.8
Informal votes 143 1.2
Turnout 12,006 81.7
Nationalist win (new seat)

Enmore

1927 New South Wales state election: Enmore [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joe Lamaro 7,000 57.4
Nationalist Henry Morton 5,198 42.6
Total formal votes 12,198 99.0
Informal votes 127 1.0
Turnout 12,325 83.3
Labor win (new seat)

Glebe

1927 New South Wales state election: Glebe [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Keegan 7,777 65.8
Nationalist Hedley Rogers 4,042 34.2
Total formal votes 11,819 99.0
Informal votes 124 1.0
Turnout 11,943 81.2
Labor win (new seat)

Gloucester

1927 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Walter Bennett 6,146 52.2
Ind. Nationalist William Brown 2,687 22.8
Labor Henry Hall 1,650 14.0
Independent William Flannery 1,293 11.0
Total formal votes 11,776 98.6
Informal votes 167 1.4
Turnout 11,943 81.3
Nationalist win (new seat)

Gordon

1927 New South Wales state election: Gordon [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas Bavin 11,799 87.0
Labor Oscar Mostyn 1,768 13.0
Total formal votes 13,567 99.1
Informal votes 129 0.9
Turnout 13,696 85.3
Nationalist win (new seat)

Goulburn

1927 New South Wales state election: Goulburn [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Tully 6,853 48.4
Nationalist John Garry 6,230 44.0
Independent Archibald Turnbull 1,087 7.7
Total formal votes 14,170 98.9
Informal votes 157 1.1
Turnout 14,327 87.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Tully 7,026 50.6
Nationalist John Garry 6,849 49.4
Labor win (new seat)

Granville

1927 New South Wales state election: Granville [33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Ely 8,076 57.5
Nationalist Thomas Morrow 4,948 35.2
Independent John Colquhoun 1,024 7.3
Total formal votes 14,048 98.9
Informal votes 158 1.1
Turnout 14,206 89.2
Labor win (new seat)

Hamilton

1927 New South Wales state election: Hamilton [34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Murray 8,508 58.6
Nationalist Edward Sanders 2,977 20.5
Independent George Jenner 1,750 12.1
Protestant Labor James Pendlebury 1,204 8.3
Independent John Wilson 72 0.5
Total formal votes 14,511 97.9
Informal votes 304 2.1
Turnout 14,815 85.0
Labor win (new seat)

Hartley

1927 New South Wales state election: Hartley [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hamilton Knight 7,582 57.5
Nationalist Crawford Vaughan 5,603 42.5
Total formal votes 13,185 99.2
Informal votes 112 0.8
Turnout 13,297 82.9
Labor win (new seat)

Hawkesbury

1927 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury [36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Bruce Walker Sr 7,553 66.9
Labor Florence Ewers 2,501 22.1
Independent William Grahame 1,242 11.0
Total formal votes 11,296 98.7
Informal votes 145 1.3
Turnout 11,441 77.6
Nationalist win (new seat)

Hornsby

1927 New South Wales state election: Hornsby [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Shand 9,111 75.1
Labor Percy Hannett 3,017 24.9
Total formal votes 12,128 98.4
Informal votes 200 1.6
Turnout 12,328 83.8
Nationalist win (new seat)

Hurstville

1927 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Nield 6,910 48.4
Labor Walter Butler 6,908 48.4
Independent Walter Anderson 429 3.0
Independent William Hodge 41 0.3
Total formal votes 14,288 98.9
Informal votes 153 1.1
Turnout 14,441 85.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Walter Butler 7,039 50.1
Nationalist John Nield 7,002 49.9
Labor win (new seat)

Illawarra

1927 New South Wales state election: Illawarra [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Andrew Lysaght Jr. 7,133 56.0
Nationalist Brian Doe (defeated) 5,610 44.0
Total formal votes 12,743 98.2
Informal votes 235 1.8
Turnout 12,978 87.6
Labor win (new seat)

Kahibah

1927 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hugh Connell 9,228 72.6
Nationalist Arthur Ashton 3,480 27.4
Total formal votes 12,708 99.2
Informal votes 108 0.8
Turnout 12,816 83.2
Labor win (new seat)

King

1927 New South Wales state election: King [41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Daniel Clyne 6,637 62.9
Nationalist George Overhill 3,914 37.1
Total formal votes 10,551 98.8
Informal votes 125 1.2
Turnout 10,676 65.3
Labor win (new seat)

Kurri Kurri

1927 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri [42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Booth 10,162 85.1
Independent Labor Thomas Pearce 1,777 14.9
Total formal votes 11,939 98.8
Informal votes 148 1.2
Turnout 12,087 80.9
Labor win (new seat)

Lachlan

1927 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernest Buttenshaw 7,223 60.6
Labor Michael Roddy 4,699 39.4
Total formal votes 11,922 98.5
Informal votes 183 1.5
Turnout 12,105 74.6
Country win (new seat)

Lakemba

1927 New South Wales state election: Lakemba [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Stanley 7,498 47.9
Nationalist John Scott 5,976 38.2
Independent Labor George Cann (defeated) 2,174 13.9
Total formal votes 15,648 98.6
Informal votes 216 1.4
Turnout 15,864 88.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Stanley 8,005 54.5
Nationalist John Scott 6,674 45.5
Labor win (new seat)

Lane Cove

1927 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove [45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Bryce Walmsley 7,618 57.8
Labor Edgar Nelson 2,987 22.7
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Dunn 2,585 19.6
Total formal votes 13,190 98.6
Informal votes 181 1.4
Turnout 13,371 82.1
Nationalist win (new seat)

Leichhardt

1927 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barney Olde 7,136 53.6
Nationalist Albert Lane (defeated) 5,912 44.4
Independent George Boland 276 2.1
Total formal votes 13,324 99.0
Informal votes 138 1.0
Turnout 13,462 85.7
Labor win (new seat)

Lismore

1927 New South Wales state election: Lismore [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Missingham 9,008 74.0
Independent George Boyd 3,157 26.0
Total formal votes 12,165 99.1
Informal votes 109 0.9
Turnout 12,274 78.7
Country win (new seat)

Liverpool Plains

1927 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Carter 6,813 54.7
Labor Michael Hagan 5,630 45.3
Total formal votes 12,443 98.6
Informal votes 174 1.4
Turnout 12,617 85.4
Country win (new seat)

Maitland

1927 New South Wales state election: Maitland [49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Walter O'Hearn 7,209 55.4
Nationalist Walter Howarth 5,803 44.6
Total formal votes 13,012 99.2
Informal votes 107 0.8
Turnout 13,119 86.5
Labor win (new seat)

Manly

1927 New South Wales state election: Manly [50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Reid 8,319 63.3
Labor Jack White 2,782 21.2
Ind. Nationalist Francis Corkery 2,031 15.5
Total formal votes 13,132 98.9
Informal votes 1e9 1.1
Turnout 13,271 82.7
Nationalist win (new seat)

Marrickville

1927 New South Wales state election: Marrickville [51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carlo Lazzarini 8,325 62.5
Nationalist Percy Mansell 5,002 37.5
Total formal votes 13,327 99.1
Informal votes 122 0.9
Turnout 13,449 87.1
Labor win (new seat)

Monaro

1927 New South Wales state election: Monaro [52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Hedges 6,614 52.3
Labor Paddy Stokes (defeated) 6,020 47.7
Total formal votes 12,634 98.3
Informal votes 223 1.7
Turnout 12,857 84.6
Country win (new seat)

Mosman

1927 New South Wales state election: Mosman [53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Richard Arthur 10,540 90.9
Independent George Barrington 1,055 9.1
Total formal votes 11,595 97.8
Informal votes 259 2.2
Turnout 11,854 72.8
Nationalist win (new seat)

Mudgee

1927 New South Wales state election: Mudgee [54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Dunn 6,948 54.1
Country Gordon Wilkins 5,904 45.9
Total formal votes 12,852 99.4
Informal votes 79 0.6
Turnout 12,931 88.9
Labor win (new seat)

Murray

1927 New South Wales state election: Murray [55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mat Davidson 5,855 52.3
Nationalist John Dowling 5,341 47.7
Total formal votes 11,196 98.5
Informal votes 171 1.5
Turnout 11,367 76.3
Labor win (new seat)

Murrumbidgee

1927 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee [56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Martin Flannery 6,005 50.2
Country William Adams 5,947 49.8
Total formal votes 11,952 98.9
Informal votes 129 1.1
Turnout 12,081 76.5
Labor win (new seat)

Namoi

1927 New South Wales state election: Namoi [57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Scully 6,035 50.1
Nationalist Leslie Seccombe 5,442 45.1
Independent Henry Jones 579 4.8
Total formal votes 12,056 98.2
Informal votes 216 1.8
Turnout 12,272 79.5
Labor win (new seat)

Nepean

1927 New South Wales state election: Nepean [58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Joseph Jackson 8,055 65.7
Labor William Long 3,996 32.6
Independent Thomas Gollan 131 1.1
Independent William Miller 76 0.6
Total formal votes 12,258 98.9
Informal votes 139 1.1
Turnout 12,397 80.0
Nationalist win (new seat)

Neutral Bay

1927 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Reginald Weaver 9,076 69.5
Independent Labor Alfred Waterhouse 2,451 18.8
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Aarons 1,533 11.7
Total formal votes 13,060 98.6
Informal votes 184 1.4
Turnout 13,244 80.8
Nationalist win (new seat)

Newcastle

1927 New South Wales state election: Newcastle [60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Connolly 7,644 58.5
Nationalist George Waller 3,969 30.4
Independent Walter Baxter 1,457 11.2
Total formal votes 13,070 99.0
Informal votes 129 1.0
Turnout 13,199 83.3
Labor win (new seat)

Newtown

1927 New South Wales state election: Newtown [61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Burke 8,686 74.6
Nationalist William Pickup 2,956 25.4
Total formal votes 11,642 98.7
Informal votes 155 1.3
Turnout 11,797 80.7
Labor win (new seat)

North Sydney

1927 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Ernest Marks 6,704 53.2
Labor Ben Howe 5,850 46.4
Independent Harry Meatheringham 43 0.3
Total formal votes 12,597 98.9
Informal votes 144 1.1
Turnout 12,741 79.6
Nationalist win (new seat)

Oatley

1927 New South Wales state election: Oatley [63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mark Gosling 7,733 51.3
Nationalist James Webb 7,250 48.1
Independent John Gager 102 0.7
Total formal votes 15,085 99.4
Informal votes 88 0.6
Turnout 15,173 86.4
Labor win (new seat)

Orange

1927 New South Wales state election: Orange [64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Fitzpatrick 7,047 58.1
Labor William Folster 5,074 41.9
Total formal votes 12,121 97.8
Informal votes 272 2.2
Turnout 12,393 83.1
Nationalist win (new seat)

Oxley

1927 New South Wales state election: Oxley [65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Lewis Martin 7,000 61.7
Independent John Thomson 3,303 29.1
Independent Albert Suters 1,043 9.2
Total formal votes 11,346 98.9
Informal votes 129 1.1
Turnout 11,475 77.9
Nationalist win (new seat)

Paddington

1927 New South Wales state election: Paddington [66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Daniel Levy 7,913 55.3
Labor William Bates 6,390 44.7
Total formal votes 14,303 98.2
Informal votes 259 1.8
Turnout 14,562 81.6
Nationalist win (new seat)

Parramatta

1927 New South Wales state election: Parramatta [67]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Albert Bruntnell 9,236 62.0
Labor Alfred Warton 5,668 38.0
Total formal votes 14,904 98.4
Informal votes 239 1.6
Turnout 15,143 84.2
Nationalist win (new seat)

Phillip

1927 New South Wales state election: Phillip [68]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Burke 8,645 79.3
Nationalist William Weller 2,111 19.4
Independent Mary Grayndler 147 1.4
Total formal votes 10,903 98.4
Informal votes 181 1.6
Turnout 11,084 75.0
Labor win (new seat)

Raleigh

1927 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Vincent 8,172 73.3
Labor John Connolly 2,979 26.7
Total formal votes 11,151 98.9
Informal votes 120 1.1
Turnout 11,271 78.3
Country win (new seat)

Randwick

1927 New South Wales state election: Randwick [70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Ernest Tresider 7,957 54.1
Labor Jack Flanagan 6,739 45.9
Total formal votes 14,696 98.7
Informal votes 191 1.3
Turnout 14,887 82.3
Nationalist win (new seat)

Redfern

1927 New South Wales state election: Redfern [71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 9,871 75.5
Nationalist Frederick Meiklejohn 3,197 24.5
Total formal votes 13,068 97.8
Informal votes 294 2.2
Turnout 13,362 81.2
Labor win (new seat)

Rockdale

1927 New South Wales state election: Rockdale [72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Guy Arkins 7,876 55.1
Labor Edgar Levey 6,412 44.9
Total formal votes 14,288 99.0
Informal votes 149 1.0
Turnout 14,437 89.0
Nationalist win (new seat)

Rozelle

1927 New South Wales state election: Rozelle [73]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Quirk 7,126 53.4
Nationalist Albert Smith 4,925 36.9
Independent Labor Cecil Murphy (defeated) 1,181 8.9
Independent Arthur Doughty 106 0.8
Total formal votes 13,338 97.9
Informal votes 283 2.1
Turnout 13,621 86.1
Labor win (new seat)

Ryde

1927 New South Wales state election: Ryde [74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry McDicken 7,363 51.4
Nationalist Arthur Bridges 6,507 45.4
Independent Francis Pacey 463 3.2
Total formal votes 14,333 98.5
Informal votes 211 1.5
Turnout 14,544 87.1
Labor win (new seat)

St George

1927 New South Wales state election: St George [75]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Cahill 8,137 55.9
Nationalist James Morrish 6,430 44.1
Total formal votes 14,567 99.1
Informal votes 138 0.9
Turnout 14,705 86.9
Labor win (new seat)

South Coast

1927 New South Wales state election: South Coast [76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Bate 8,188 72.1
Labor Francis Rifley 3,161 27.9
Total formal votes 11,349 98.5
Informal votes 176 1.5
Turnout 11,525 78.7
Nationalist win (new seat)

Sturt

1927 New South Wales state election: Sturt [77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Horsington 7,218 70.0
Nationalist Alfred Gorrie 3,088 30.0
Total formal votes 10,306 98.6
Informal votes 151 1.4
Turnout 10,457 74.8
Labor win (new seat)

Surry Hills

1927 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills [78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Shannon 7,536 66.1
Nationalist William Adkins 3,694 32.4
Independent John Salmon 175 1.5
Total formal votes 11,405 98.6
Informal votes 164 1.4
Turnout 11,569 76.7
Labor win (new seat)

Tamworth

1927 New South Wales state election: Tamworth [79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Frank Chaffey 7,990 71.4
Independent Robert Levien 3,203 28.6
Total formal votes 11,193 97.6
Informal votes 270 2.4
Turnout 11,463 78.8
Nationalist win (new seat)

Temora

1927 New South Wales state election: Temora [80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Hugh Main 7,692 65.6
Labor David Nilon 3,548 30.3
Independent Labor George Burgess 481 4.1
Total formal votes 11,721 98.5
Informal votes 181 1.5
Turnout 11,902 79.9
Country win (new seat)

Tenterfield

1927 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner unopposed
Country win (new seat)

Upper Hunter

1927 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter [82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Cameron 7,561 66.3
Labor James Russell 3,843 33.7
Total formal votes 11,404 98.6
Informal votes 163 1.4
Turnout 11,567 81.9
Nationalist win (new seat)

Vaucluse

1927 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse [83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Foster 11,287 84.1
Labor Henrietta Greville 2,128 15.9
Total formal votes 13,415 99.3
Informal votes 88 0.7
Turnout 13,503 77.6
Nationalist win (new seat)

Wagga Wagga

1927 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga [84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Matthew Kilpatrick 7,602 66.6
Labor Edward Locke 3,818 33.4
Total formal votes 11,420 98.5
Informal votes 169 1.5
Turnout 11,589 82.0
Country win (new seat)

Wallsend

1927 New South Wales state election: Wallsend [85]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Cameron 7,668 57.8
Protestant Labor Walter Skelton (defeated) 5,597 42.2
Total formal votes 13,265 99.3
Informal votes 94 0.7
Turnout 13,359 82.6
Labor win (new seat)

Waverley

1927 New South Wales state election: Waverley [86]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Carl Glasgow 7,501 55.4
Labor Archibald Moate 6,038 44.6
Total formal votes 13,539 99.3
Informal votes 92 0.7
Turnout 13,631 86.7
Nationalist win (new seat)

Willoughby

1927 New South Wales state election: Willoughby [87]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Vernon Treatt 6,338 39.3
Ind. Nationalist Edward Sanders 5,831 36.2
Labor Richard Lynch 3,949 24.5
Total formal votes 16,118 98.2
Informal votes 301 1.8
Turnout 16,419 86.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ind. Nationalist Edward Sanders 6,663 50.5
Nationalist Vernon Treatt 6,522 49.5
Ind. Nationalist win (new seat)

Wollondilly

1927 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [88]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Fuller 7,249 62.5
Labor Daniel Chalker 4,342 37.5
Total formal votes 11,591 98.9
Informal votes 132 1.1
Turnout 11,723 81.8
Nationalist win (new seat)

Wollongong

1927 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [89]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Billy Davies 8,863 62.7
Nationalist Norman Smith 5,263 37.3
Total formal votes 14,126 99.4
Informal votes 84 0.6
Turnout 14,210 89.3
Labor win (new seat)

Woollahra

1927 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 6,589 51.4
Nationalist Frederick Davison 5,263 41.0
Independent Labor Septimus Alldis (defeated) 974 7.6
Total formal votes 12,826 98.6
Informal votes 175 1.4
Turnout 13,001 84.0
Labor win (new seat)

Young

1927 New South Wales state election: Young [91]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Reid 4,349 35.2
Independent Labor Peter Loughlin (defeated) 4,082 33.0
Labor George McCarthy 3,932 31.8
Total formal votes 12,363 99.2
Informal votes 104 0.8
Turnout 12,467 84.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Albert Reid 4,603 50.3
Independent Labor Peter Loughlin 4,542 49.7
Country win (new seat)


See also

Notes

  1. ^ There were 1,409,493 enrolled voters, but 15,239 were enrolled in Tenterfield which was uncontested.[1]
  2. ^ Alick Kay (Independent), a member for North Shore, resigned in 1926 and was replaced by Arthur Tonge (Labor)

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