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The 1927 New South Wales state electionββto elect theββ90 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 changedββto single member constituencies. And Instant-runoff voting (optional preferential voting).
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.
As a result of the election the Lang government was defeated and a Nationalist/Country Party coalition government led by Thomas Bavin and Ernest Buttenshaw 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."
Key datesβ»
Date | Event |
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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. |
Resultsβ»
New South Wales state election, 29 October 1927 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,394,254 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,150,767 | Turnout | 82.54 | +13.47 | ||
Informal votes | 15,086 | Informal | 1.31 | β2.06 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 488,306 | 43.00 | β2.99 | 40 | β6 | |
Nationalist | 437,050 | 38.48 | +1.41 | 33 | +1 | |
Country | 100,963 | 8.89 | β2.58 | 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 | β1.47 | 0 | β1 | |
Independent Country | 4,316 | 0.38 | +0.38 | 0 | Β±0 | |
Independents | 35,504 | 3.13 | +1.02 | 0 | β1 | |
Total | 1,135,681 | 90 |
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Changing seatsβ»
See alsoβ»
- Candidates of the 1927 New South Wales state election
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1927β1930
Notesβ»
- ^ There were 1,409,493 enrolled voters. But 15,239 were enrolled in Tenterfield which was uncontested.
- ^ Alick Kay (Independent), a member for North Shore, resigned in 1926 and was replaced by Arthur Tonge (Labor)
Referencesβ»
- ^ Green, Antony. "1927 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856β2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ Nairn, "Bede." "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876β1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ McCarthy, John. "Bavin, Sir Thomas Rainsford (Tom) (1874β1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Kingston, Beverley. "Buttenshaw, Ernest Albert (1876β1950)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- Nairn, Bede (1986). The 'Big Fella': Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. p. 369. ISBN 0-522-84406-5. OCLC 34416531.