Results of the New South Wales state election, 1927 (M-Z)

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 M to Z.

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

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1927: Maitland
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Manly
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Marrickville
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Hedges 6,614 52.3
Labor Paddy Stokes 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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Mosman
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Mudgee
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Murray
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Murrumbidgee
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Namoi
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Nepean
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Neutral Bay
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Newcastle
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Newtown
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: North Sydney
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Oatley
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Orange
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Oxley
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Paddington
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Parramatta
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Phillip
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Raleigh
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Randwick
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Redfern
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Rockdale
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Rozelle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Quirk 7,126 53.4
Nationalist Albert Smith 4,925 36.9
Independent Labor Cecil Murphy 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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Ryde
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: St George
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: South Coast
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Sturt
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Surry Hills
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Tamworth
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Temora
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

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

Upper Hunter

New South Wales state election, 1927: Upper Hunter
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Vaucluse
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Wagga Wagga
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Wallsend
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Cameron 7,668 57.8
Protestant Labor Walter Skelton 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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Waverley
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Willoughby
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Wollondilly
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Wollongong
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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Woollahra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 6,589 51.4
Nationalist Frederick Davison 5,263 41.0
Independent Labor Septimus Alldis 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

New South Wales state election, 1927: Young
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Albert Reid 4,349 35.2
Independent Labor Peter Loughlin 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

References

  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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