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1927 Dalley by-election
26 February 1927
  First party Second party
  NAT
Candidate Ted Theodore Walter Gee
Party Labor Nationalist
Popular vote 21,186 12,667
Percentage 62.6% 37.4%
Swing Decrease1.5pp Increase1.5pp
MP before election

William Mahony
Labor

Elected MP

Ted Theodore
Labor

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Dalley on 26 February 1927. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP William Mahony.

The by-election was won by former Queensland Premier Ted Theodore, the Labor candidate. After the by-election there was some suggestion that Theodore had bribed Mahony to resign so that he might enter Parliament.

Results

1927 Dalley by-election 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Theodore 21,186 62.6 −1.5
Nationalist Walter Gee 12,667 37.4 +1.5
Total formal votes 33,853 93.1
Informal votes 2,517 6.9
Turnout 36,370 89.3
Labor hold Swing −1.5

See also

References

  1. "Bribe offer". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 June 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Trove.
  2. ""Pictorial's" bribery charges upheld by judge". The Daily Telegraph. 17 July 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Trove.
  3. "By-Elections 1925-1928". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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