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, which had been a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark), was changed to single member constituencies with optional preferential voting (Instant-runoff voting). Severe divisions occurred within the Labor Party caucus in the four months prior to the election (see Lang Labor) and 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.
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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.[citation needed]
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. |
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 | –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 | |
Independents | 35,504 | 3.13 | +1.02 | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 1,135,681 | 90 |
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