1927 New South Wales state election

Last updated

1927 New South Wales state election
Flag of New South Wales.svg
←  1925 8 October 1927 (1927-10-08) 1930  →
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Premier Thomas Bavin sitting in his office, Sydney, ca. 1930 (cropped) (cropped).jpg Jack Lang 1928 (cropped).jpg
Leader Thomas Bavin Jack Lang
Party Nationalist/Country coalition Labor
Leader since24 September 192531 July 1923
Leader's seat Gordon Auburn
Last election41 seats46 seats
Seats won46 seats40 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg6
Percentage47.3%43.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.3Decrease2.svg3.0
1927 New South Wales election.svg
Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
Premier before election

Jack Lang
Labor

Elected Premier

Thomas Bavin
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). [1] [2] [3]

Contents

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. [4]

As a result of the election the Lang government was defeated and a Nationalist/Country Party coalition government led by Thomas Bavin [5] and Ernest Buttenshaw [6] 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

DateEvent
7 September 1927The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
14 September 1927Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
8 October 1927Polling day.
18 October 1927 Bavin ministry sworn in
29 October 1927The writs were returned and the results formally declared.
3 November 1927Opening of 28th Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 29 October 1927
Legislative Assembly
<< 1925–1930 >>

Enrolled voters1,394,254 [a]
Votes cast1,150,767 Turnout 82.54+13.47
Informal votes15,086Informal1.31–2.06
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 488,30643.00–2.9940–6
  Nationalist 437,05038.48+1.4133+1
  Country 100,9638.89–2.5813+4
  Independent Labor 32,2172.84+2.582+2
  Ind. Nationalist 30,0612.65+2.062+1
  Protestant Labor 7,2640.64–1.470–1
  Independent Country 4,3160.38+0.380±0
  Independents 35,5043.13+1.020–1  [b]
Total1,135,681  90 
Popular vote
Labor
 
43.00%
Nationalist
 
38.48%
Country
 
8.89%
Ind. Labor
 
2.84%
Ind. Nationalist
 
2.65%
Others
 
4.15%
Parliamentary seats
Labor
 
40
Nationalist
 
33
Country
 
13
Ind. Labor
 
2
Ind. Nationalist
 
2

Changing seats

1925 election1927 election
Old ElectorateMemberPartyNoteNew ElectorateNew MemberParty
Balmain H. V. Evatt   Labor Changed party Balmain H. V. Evatt Ind Labor  
Albert Lane   Nationalist Defeated Leichhardt Barney Olde Labor  
James Dooley   Labor Retired Hartley Hamilton Knight
Botany Thomas Mutch Changed party Botany Thomas Mutch Ind Labor  
Enmore Joe Lamaro Labor  
Byron Robert Gillies   Labor / Independent Defeated as Ind Labor Byron Arthur Budd Country  
Frederick Stuart   Progressive Defeated as Ind Country Byron
Clarence Alfred Pollack Country  
Cootamundra Peter Loughlin   Labor / Independent Defeated as Ind Labor Young Albert Reid
Eastern Suburbs Harold Jaques   Nationalist Changed party Bondi Harold Jaques Ind. Nationalist  
Millicent Preston-Stanley Defeated Bondi
Bob O'Halloran   Labor Retired Coogee Hyman Goldstein Nationalist  
Randwick Ernest Tresidder
Waverley Carl Glasgow
Septimus Alldis   Labor Defeated as Ind Labor Woollahra Maurice O'Sullivan Labor  
Goulburn Paddy Stokes Defeated Monaro William Hedges Country  
Murray Vern Goodin Labor / Independent Defeated as Ind Labor Albury John Ross Nationalist  
Newcastle Newcastle Peter Connolly Labor  
Walter Skelton   Protestant Labor Defeated Wallsend Robert Cameron
North Shore Alick Kay   [b]   Independent Resigned Lane Cove Bryce Walmsley Nationalist  
Neutral Bay Reginald Weaver
William Fell   Ind. Nationalist Retired North Sydney Ernest Marks
Cecil Murphy   Labor Defeated as Ind Labor Rozelle
Edward Sanders   Nationalist Changed party Willoughby Edward Sanders Ind. Nationalist  
Northern Tablelands Alfred McClelland   Labor Defeated Armidale
Oxley Theodore Hill   Nationalist Retired Oxley Lewis Martin Nationalist  
Joseph Fitzgerald   Labor Retired
Ryde Robert Greig Retired Ryde Henry McDicken Labor  
St George Canterbury Arthur Tonge   [b]
William Bagnall   Nationalist Retired Hurstville Walter Butler
George Cann   Labor Defeated as Ind Labor Lakemba Fred Stanley
Sturt Brian Doe   Nationalist Defeated Illawarra
Sydney Patrick Minahan   Labor Defeated as Ind Labor Auburn
William Holdsworth Retired King Daniel Clyne Labor  
Surry Hills Tom Shannon
Wammerawa Joseph Clark   Labor Defeated Castlereagh
Liverpool Plains Harry Carter Country  
Western Suburbs Edward McTiernan   Labor Retired Croydon Bertram Stevens Nationalist  
Tom Hoskins   Nationalist Defeated as Ind. Nationalist Dulwich Hill

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ There were 1,409,493 enrolled voters, but 15,239 were enrolled in Tenterfield which was uncontested. [1]
  2. 1 2 3 Alick Kay (Independent), a member for North Shore, resigned in 1926 and was replaced by Arthur Tonge (Labor)

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bertram Stevens (politician)</span> Australian politician

Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens, also referred to as B. S. B. Stevens, was an Australian politician who served as the 25th Premier of New South Wales, in office from 1932 to 1939 as leader of the United Australia Party (UAP).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ernest Buttenshaw</span> Politician in New South Wales, Australia

Ernest Albert Buttenshaw was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1917 until 1932. He was a member of the Nationalist Party of Australia until 1920, when he helped to establish the Progressive Party. After 1925 he was a member of its successor, the Country Party. He was the party leader between 1925 and 1932 and held a number of government ministries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1930 New South Wales state election</span> State election for New South Wales, Australia in October 1930

The 1930 New South Wales state election was held on 25 October 1930. The election was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting. The election occurred at the height of the Great Depression and was a landslide victory for the expansionary monetary policies of Jack Lang.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1932 New South Wales state election</span> State election for New South Wales, Australia in June 1932

The 1932 New South Wales state election was held on 11 June 1932. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 30th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting. It was a landslide victory for the UAP/Country Party coalition of Bertram Stevens, which won an 18-seat majority in the legislature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1935 New South Wales state election</span> State election for New South Wales, Australia in May 1935

The 1935 New South Wales state election was held on 11 May 1935. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 31st New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1938 New South Wales state election</span> State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1938

The 1938 New South Wales state election was held on 26 March 1938. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 32nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Cann (politician)</span> Australian politician

John Henry Cann was a New South Wales politician, Treasurer, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of James McGowen and William Holman.

The fifth Robertson ministry was the 22nd ministry of the Colony of New South Wales, and was led by the Premier, Sir John Robertson. It was the fifth and final occasion that Robertson was Premier. Robertson was elected in the first free elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly held in March 1856.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McGowen ministry</span> 34th New South Wales government ministry led by James McGowen

The McGowen ministry was the 34th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 18th Premier, James McGowen. This ministry marks the first Labor ministry in the state of New South Wales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dooley ministry (1921)</span> 38th New South Wales government ministry, led by James Dooley

The Dooley ministry (1921) or the first Dooley ministry was the 38th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 21st Premier, James Dooley. It was the first of two occasions that Dooley was Premier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dooley ministry (1921–1922)</span>

The Dooley ministry (1921–1922) or the Second Dooley ministry was the 40th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 21st Premier, James Dooley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fuller ministry (1922–1925)</span>

The Fuller ministry (1922–1925) or Second Fuller ministry was the 41st ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 22nd Premier, Sir George Fuller. This ministry was the second of two occasions where Fuller was Premier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lang ministry (1925–1927)</span>

The Lang ministry (1925–1927) or First Lang ministry was the 42nd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 23rd Premier, Jack Lang. This ministry was the first of three ministries under Lang as Premier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lang ministry (1927)</span>

The Lang ministry (1927) or Second Lang ministry or Lang Reconstruction ministry was the 43rd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 23rd Premier, Jack Lang. This ministry was the second of three ministries where Lang was Premier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lang ministry (1930–1932)</span>

The Lang ministry (1930–1932) or Third Lang ministry was the 45th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 23rd Premier, Jack Lang. This ministry was the third and final time of three occasions where Lang was Premier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bavin ministry</span>

The Bavin ministry was the 44th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 24th Premier, Thomas Bavin, in a Nationalist coalition with the Country Party, led by Ernest Buttenshaw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stevens–Bruxner ministry (1932–1935)</span>

The Stevens–Bruxner ministry (1932–1935) or First Stevens–Bruxner ministry or First Stevens ministry was the 46th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 25th Premier, Bertram Stevens, in a United Australia Party coalition with the Country Party, that was led by Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Bruxner, DSO. The ministry was one of three occasions when the Government was led by Stevens, as Premier; and one of four occasions where Bruxner served as Deputy Premier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stevens–Bruxner ministry (1935–1938)</span>

The Stevens–Bruxner ministry (1935–1938) or Second Stevens–Bruxner ministry or Second Stevens ministry was the 47th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 25th Premier, Bertram Stevens, in a United Australia Party coalition with the Country Party, that was led by Michael Bruxner. The ministry was the second one of three occasions when the Government was led by Stevens, as Premier; and second of four occasions where Bruxner served as Deputy Premier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stevens–Bruxner ministry (1938–39)</span>

The Stevens–Bruxner ministry (1938–1939) or Third Stevens–Bruxner ministry or Third Stevens ministry was the 48th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 25th Premier, Bertram Stevens, in a United Australia Party coalition with the Country Party, that was led by Michael Bruxner. The ministry was the third of three occasions when the Government was led by Stevens, as Premier; and third of four occasions where Bruxner served as Deputy Premier.

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of West Sydney on 26 July 1890 because of the death of Alfred Lamb.

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1927 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". 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.
  5. ↑ McCarthy, John. "Bavin, Sir Thomas Rainsford (Tom) (1874–1941)". 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.
  6. ↑ Kingston, Beverley. "Buttenshaw, Ernest Albert (1876–1950)". 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.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.