Division of Dalley

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Dalley
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: New South Wales
Created: 1901
Abolished: 1969
Namesake: William Dalley

The Division of Dalley was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It was abolished in 1969. It was named for the colonial politician William Dalley. It was located in the inner suburbs of Sydney, including Balmain, Glebe and Leichhardt. For most of its history it was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. In the 1930s it was a stronghold of the radical Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang. Its most prominent members were Ted Theodore, who was Treasurer in the Scullin government, and the Lang follower Sol Rosevear, who was Speaker during the Curtin and Chifley governments.

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Member Party Term
  William Wilks Free Trade, Anti-Socialist 19011909
  Commonwealth Liberal 19091910
  Robert Howe Labor 19101915
  William Mahony Labor 1915—1927
  Ted Theodore Labor 1927—1931
  Sol Rosevear Lang Labor 19311936
  Labor 19361940
  Lang Labor 19401941
  Labor 19411953
  Arthur Greenup Labor 1953—1955
  William O'Connor Labor 19551969