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1927 Warringah by-election

21 May 1927

	First party	Second party	Third party
		NAT	ALP
Candidate	Archdale Parkhill	William Fell	Ambrose O'Gorman
Party	Nationalist	Independent Nationalist	Labor
Popular vote	22,583	7,477	4,285
Percentage	55.8%	18.5%	10.6%
Swing	24.3pp	18.5pp	1.5pp
TPP	69.6%		30.4%
TPP swing	10.5pp		10.5pp

MP before election

Granville Ryrie
Nationalist

Elected MP

Archdale Parkhill
Nationalist

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Warringah on 21 May 1927. This was triggered by the resignation of Nationalist MP Sir Granville Ryrie to become Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Archdale Parkhill.

Results

1927 Warringah by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Archdale Parkhill	22,583	55.8	−24.3
	Ind. Nationalist	William Fell	7,477	18.5	+18.5
	Labor	Ambrose O'Gorman	4,285	10.6	−1.5
	Labor	Thomas Conway	3,159	7.8	+7.8
	Constitutionalist	Thomas Roberts	2,990	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			40,494	97.8
Informal votes			928	2.2
Turnout			41,422	88.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Archdale Parkhill		69.6	−10.5
	Labor	Ambrose O'Gorman		30.4	+10.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−10.5

References

"By-Elections 1925-1928". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

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