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1927 New South Wales state election

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{{short description|State election for New South Wales, Australia in October 1927}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1927 New South Wales state election

| country = New South Wales

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1925 New South Wales state election

| previous_year = 1925

| next_election = 1930 New South Wales state election

| next_year = 1930

| seats_for_election = All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1927|10|08}}

| image1 = 170x170px

| leader1 = Thomas Bavin

| leader_since1 = 24 September 1925

| party1 = Nationalist/Country coalition

| leaders_seat1 = Gordon

| percentage1 = 47.3%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}1.3

| last_election1 = 41 seats

| seats1 = 46 seats

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5

| image2 = 170x170px

| leader2 = Jack Lang

| leader_since2 = 31 July 1923

| party2 = Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)

| leaders_seat2 = Auburn

| percentage2 = 43.0%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}3.0

| last_election2 = 46 seats

| seats2 = 40 seats

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}6

| map_image = 1927 New South Wales election.svg

| map_size = 400px

| map_caption = Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate

| title = Premier

| before_election = Jack Lang

| before_party = Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)

| after_election = Thomas Bavin

| after_party = Nationalist/Country coalition

}}

The 1927 New South Wales state election to elect the 90 members of the 28th Legislative Assembly was held on 8 October 1927. During the previous parliament the voting system, Single transferable voting, a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats (modified Hare-Clark), had been changed to single member constituencies and Instant-runoff voting (optional preferential voting).{{NSW Parliamentary Record|part=5B|access-date=20 April 2020}}{{cite web|title=Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx|access-date=4 December 2019|publisher=New South Wales Parliament}}

Severe divisions occurred within the Labor Party caucus in the four months prior to the election (see Lang Labor). A caretaker government composed of the supporters of the Premier of New South Wales and party leader, Jack Lang was in power at the time of the election.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Nairn|first=Bede|title=Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)|id2=lang-john-thomas-jack-7027|access-date=2021-11-02}}

As a result of the election the Lang government was defeated and a Nationalist/Country Party coalition government led by Thomas Bavin{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=John |last=McCarthy |title=Bavin, Sir Thomas Rainsford (Tom) (1874–1941) |id2=bavin-sir-thomas-rainsford-tom-86 |access-date=6 May 2019}} and Ernest Buttenshaw{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Beverley |last=Kingston |title=Buttenshaw, Ernest Albert (1876–1950) |id2=buttenshaw-ernest-albert-5453 |access-date=2021-11-23}} was formed with a parliamentary majority of 1 and the usual support of the 2 Nationalist independents. The Parliament first met on 3 November 1927, and ran its maximum term of 3 years. Lang remained the leader of the Labor Party throughout the Parliament.

To date Lang is the only elected Labor Premier of New South Wales to be voted out of office.

Subsequent Labor Premiers who has lost office were all non-elected.

Key dates

class="wikitable"
Date

! Event

7 September 1927

| The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.

14 September 1927

| Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.

8 October 1927

| Polling day.

18 October 1927

| Bavin ministry sworn in

29 October 1927

| The writs were returned and the results formally declared.

3 November 1927

| Opening of 28th Parliament.

Results

{{see also|Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election}}

{{Australian elections/Title row

| table style = float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em;

| title = New South Wales state election, 29 October 1927

| house = Legislative Assembly

| series = New South Wales state election

| back = 1925

| forward = 1930

| enrolled = 1,394,254{{efn|There were 1,409,493 enrolled voters, but 15,239 were enrolled in Tenterfield which was uncontested.{{cite web |first=Antony |last=Green |author-link=Antony Green |title=1927 election totals |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/electionresults18562007/1927/Totals.htm |work=New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |access-date=31 July 2019}}}}

| total_votes = 1,150,767

| turnout % = 82.54

| turnout chg = +13.47

| informal = 15,086

| informal % = 1.31

| informal chg = –2.06

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary

|party_id = Labor NSW

|votes = 488,306

|votes % = 43.00

|votes chg = –2.99

|seats = 40

|seats chg = –6

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary

|government = yes

|party_id = Nationalist

|votes = 437,050

|votes % = 38.48

|votes chg = +1.41

|seats = 33

|seats chg = +1

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary

|government = yes

|party_id = Country NSW

|votes = 100,963

|votes % = 8.89

|votes chg = –2.58

|seats = 13

|seats chg = +4

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary

|party_id = Independent Labor NSW

|votes = 32,217

|votes % = 2.84

|votes chg = +2.58

|seats = 2

|seats chg = +2

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary

|party_id = Independent Nationalist

|votes = 30,061

|votes % = 2.65

|votes chg = +2.06

|seats = 2

|seats chg = +1

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary

|party_id = Protestant Labor

|votes = 7,264

|votes % = 0.64

|votes chg = –1.47

|seats = 0

|seats chg = –1

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary

|party_id = Independent Country NSW

|votes = 4,316

|votes % = 0.38

|votes chg = +0.38

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ±0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary

|party_id = Independents

|votes = 35,504

|votes % = 3.13

|votes chg = +1.02

|seats = 0

|seats chg = –1{{hsp}}{{efn|name=Independent|Alick Kay ({{Australian politics/name|Independent}}), a member for North Shore, resigned in 1926 and was replaced by Arthur Tonge ({{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}})}}

}}

{{Australian elections/Total row

|total_votes = 1,135,681

|total_seats = 90

}}

|}

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=495px|barwidth=650px|bars={{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)}}|43.00}}

{{bar percent|Nationalist|{{party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}|38.48}}

{{bar percent|Country|{{party color|Country Party}}|8.89}}

{{bar percent|Ind. Labor|#888888|2.84}}

{{bar percent|Ind. Nationalist|#888888|2.65}}

{{bar percent|Others|#DCDCDC|4.15}}

{{ bar box break | titlebar=#ddd | title=Parliamentary seats }}

{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)}}|44.44|40}}

{{bar percent|Nationalist|{{party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}|36.67|33}}

{{bar percent|Country|{{party color|Country Party}}|14.44|13}}

{{bar percent|Ind. Labor|#888888|2.22|2}}

{{bar percent|Ind. Nationalist|#888888|2.22|2}}}}

Changing seats

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="5" |1925 election

! colspan="4" |1927 election

Old Electorate

! Member

! colspan="2" |Party

! Note

! New Electorate

! New Member

! colspan="2" |Party

rowspan="3" | Balmain

| {{sortname|H. V.|Evatt}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Changed party

| Balmain

| {{sortname|H. V.|Evatt}}

| Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| {{Australian party style|Independent Labor NSW}} |  

{{sortname|Albert|Lane|dab=Australian politician}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| Defeated

| Leichhardt

| {{sortname|Barney|Olde}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

{{sortname|James|Dooley|dab=New South Wales politician}}

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Retired

| Hartley

| {{sortname|Hamilton|Knight}}

rowspan="2" | Botany

| {{sortname|Thomas|Mutch}}

|Changed party

| Botany

| {{sortname|Thomas|Mutch}}

| Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| {{Australian party style|Independent Labor NSW}} |  

colspan="4" |

| Enmore

| {{sortname|Joe|Lamaro}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

rowspan="3" | Byron

| {{sortname|Robert|Gillies|dab=Australian politician}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} / {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}

| Defeated as Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Byron

| {{sortname|Arthur|Budd}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}}

| {{Australian party style|Country NSW}} |  

{{sortname|Frederick|Stuart|dab=Australian politician}}

| {{Australian party style|Progressive (1920)}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Progressive (1920)}}

| Defeated as Ind {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}}

| colspan="4" | Byron

colspan="4" |

| Clarence

| {{sortname|Alfred|Pollack}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}}

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Country NSW}} |  

Cootamundra

| {{sortname|Peter|Loughlin}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} / {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}

| Defeated as Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Young

| {{sortname|Albert|Reid}}

rowspan="6" | Eastern Suburbs

| {{sortname|Harold|Jaques}}

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| Changed party

| Bondi

| {{sortname|Harold|Jaques}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Independent Nationalist}}

| {{Australian party style|Independent Nationalist}} |  

{{sortname|Millicent|Preston-Stanley}}

| Defeated

| colspan="4" | Bondi

{{sortname|Bob|O'Halloran}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Retired

| Coogee

| {{sortname|Hyman|Goldstein|dab=politician}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

colspan="4" |

| Randwick

| {{sortname|Ernest|Tresidder}}

colspan="4" |

| Waverley

| {{sortname|Carl|Glasgow}}

{{sortname|Septimus|Alldis}}

| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Defeated as Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Woollahra

| {{sortname|Maurice|O'Sullivan|dab=politician}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

Goulburn

| {{sortname|Paddy|Stokes}}

| Defeated

| Monaro

| {{sortname|William|Hedges|dab=New South Wales politician}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}}

| {{Australian party style|Country NSW}} |  

Murray

| {{sortname|Vern|Goodin}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} / {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}

| Defeated as Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Albury

| {{sortname|John|Ross|dab=New South Wales politician}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

rowspan="2" | Newcastle

| colspan="4" |

| Newcastle

| {{sortname|Peter|Connolly|dab=New South Wales politician}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

{{sortname|Walter|Skelton}}

| {{Australian party style|Protestant Labor}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Protestant Labor}}

| Defeated

| Wallsend

| {{sortname|Robert|Cameron|dab=New South Wales politician}}

rowspan="5" | North Shore

| {{sortname|Alick|Kay}}{{hsp}}{{efn|name=Independent}}

| {{Australian party style|Independent}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}

| Resigned

| Lane Cove

| {{sortname|Bryce|Walmsley}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

colspan="4" |

| Neutral Bay

| {{sortname|Reginald|Weaver}}

{{sortname|William|Fell|William Scott Fell}}

| {{Australian party style|Independent Nationalist}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Independent Nationalist}}

| Retired

| North Sydney

| {{sortname|Ernest|Marks}}

{{sortname|Cecil|Murphy}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Defeated as Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| colspan="4" | Rozelle

{{sortname|Edward|Sanders|dab=politician}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| Changed party

| Willoughby

| {{sortname|Edward|Sanders|dab=politician}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Independent Nationalist}}

| {{Australian party style|Independent Nationalist}} |  

Northern Tablelands

| {{sortname|Alfred|McClelland}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Defeated

| colspan="4" | Armidale

rowspan="2" | Oxley

| {{sortname|Theodore|Hill|dab=Australian politician}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| Retired

| Oxley

| {{sortname|Lewis|Martin|dab=Australian politician}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

{{sortname|Joseph|Fitzgerald|Joseph John Fitzgerald}}

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Retired

| colspan="4" |

Ryde

| {{sortname|Robert|Greig|dab=politician}}

| Retired

| Ryde

| {{sortname|Henry|McDicken}}

| rowspan="4" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| rowspan="4" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

rowspan="3" | St George

| colspan="4" |

| Canterbury

| Arthur Tonge{{hsp}}{{efn|name=Independent}}

{{sortname|William|Bagnall}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| Retired

| Hurstville

| {{sortname|Walter|Butler|dab=Australian politician}}

{{sortname|George|Cann}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Defeated as Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Lakemba

| {{sortname|Fred|Stanley|dab=politician}}

Sturt

| {{sortname|Brian|Doe}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| Defeated

| colspan="4" | Illawarra

rowspan="3" | Sydney

| {{sortname|Patrick|Minahan}}

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Defeated as Ind {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| colspan="4" | Auburn

{{sortname|William|Holdsworth|dab=Australian politician}}

| Retired

| King

| {{sortname|Daniel|Clyne}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

colspan="4" |

| Surry Hills

| {{sortname|Tom|Shannon|dab=Australian politician}}

rowspan="2" | Wammerawa

| {{sortname|Joseph|Clark|Joseph Alfred Clark}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Defeated

| Castlereagh

|

|

|

colspan="4" |

| Liverpool Plains

| {{sortname|Harry|Carter|dab=politician}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}}

| {{Australian party style|Country NSW}} |  

rowspan="2" | Western Suburbs

| {{sortname|Edward|McTiernan}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Retired

| Croydon

| {{sortname|Bertram|Stevens|dab=politician}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

{{sortname|Tom|Hoskins}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |  

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| Defeated as {{Australian politics/name|Independent Nationalist}}

| colspan="4" | Dulwich Hill

See also

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite book |first=Bede |last=Nairn |year=1986 |title=The 'Big Fella': Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949 |location=Melbourne |publisher=Melbourne University Press |pages=369 |isbn=0-522-84406-5 |oclc=34416531}}

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