Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 29 October 1927^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1925–1930 >>
Enrolled voters		1,394,254
Votes cast		1,135,681		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
	Constitutionalist	106	0.01	+0.01	0	±0
	Independents	35,398	3.12	+1.01	0	±0
Total		1,135,681			90

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1927 for districts from A to L.

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

Results by electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1927: Albury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	John Ross	5,544	45.6
	Labor	James Hannan	4,786	39.4
	Independent Labor	Vern Goodin	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Alexandria
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Annandale
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Armidale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	David Drummond	7,620	62.7
	Labor	Alfred McClelland	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Ashburnham
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Ashfield
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jack Lang	9,429	61.2
	Independent Labor	Patrick Minahan	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Balmain
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Bankstown
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Barwon
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Bathurst
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Bondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Nationalist	Harold Jacques	7,692	53.5
	Nationalist	Millicent Preston-Stanley	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)

Botany

New South Wales state election, 1927: Botany
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Burwood
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Byron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Country	Frederick Stuart	4,316	37.2
	Country	Arthur Budd	4,265	36.8
	Labor	Mark Graham	1,569	13.5
	Independent Labor	Robert Gillies	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Canterbury
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Castlereagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Harold Thorby	6,984	52.4
	Labor	Joseph Clark	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Cessnock
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Clarence
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Coogee
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Cootamundra
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Corowa
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Croydon
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Drummoyne
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Dulwich Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	John Ness	6,584	44.3
	Labor	Thomas Gilson	5,258	35.4
	Ind. Nationalist	Tom Hoskins	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Eastwood
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Enmore
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Glebe
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Gloucester
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Gordon
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Goulburn
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Granville
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Hamilton
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Hartley
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Hawkesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	Bruce Walker	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Hornsby
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Hurstville
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Illawarra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Andrew Lysaght	7,133	56.0
	Nationalist	Brian Doe	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Kahibah
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: King
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Kurri Kurri
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Lachlan
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Lakemba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Fred Stanley	7,498	47.9
	Nationalist	John Scott	5,976	38.2
	Independent Labor	George Cann	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Lane Cove
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Leichhardt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Barney Olde	7,136	53.6
	Nationalist	Albert Lane	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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Lismore
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Liverpool Plains
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)

References

^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.
^ "Details of NSW 1927 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[1] Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.

[2] "Details of NSW 1927 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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