Electoral results for the Division of Dalley

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Dalley in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  William Wilks Free Trade, Anti-Socialist 1901—1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909—1910
  Robert Howe Labor 1910—1915
  William Mahony Labor 1915—1927
  Ted Theodore Labor 1927—1931
  Sol Rosevear Labor (NSW) 1931—1936
  Labor 1936—1940
  Labor (Non-Communist) 1940—1941
  Labor 1941—1953
  Arthur Greenup Labor 1953—1955
  William O'Connor Labor 1955—1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1966: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Connor 18,938 61.0 -11.9
Liberal Elton Lewis 9,709 31.3 +31.3
Democratic Labor John Kavanagh 2,377 7.7 -19.4
Total formal votes 31,024 95.1
Informal votes 1,615 4.9
Turnout 32,639 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William O'Connor 62.3 -10.6
Liberal Elton Lewis 37.7 +37.7
Labor hold Swing -10.6
Australian federal election, 1963: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Connor 24,553 72.9 +1.9
Democratic Labor Peter Keogh 9,118 27.1 +20.2
Total formal votes 33,671 96.2
Informal votes 1,333 3.8
Turnout 35,004 93.6
Labor hold Swing -2.4
Australian federal election, 1961: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Connor 24,127 71.0 +0.0
Liberal Arthur Nesbitt 6,343 18.7 -10.3
Democratic Labor Reginald Lawson 2,331 6.9 +6.9
Communist Mavis Robertson 1,172 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 33,973 95.9
Informal votes 1,464 4.1
Turnout 35,437 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William O'Connor 75.3 +4.3
Liberal Arthur Nesbitt 24.7 -4.3
Labor hold Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Connor 26,081 71.0 -0.9
Liberal Elton Lewis 10,664 29.0 +6.8
Total formal votes 36,745 96.3
Informal votes 1,430 3.7
Turnout 38,175 93.5
Labor hold Swing -6.2
Australian federal election, 1955: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Connor 28,913 71.9 +0.2
Liberal Stanley Tyler 8,933 22.2 -0.9
Communist Ernie Thornton 2,377 5.9 +0.8
Total formal votes 40,223 96.4
Informal votes 1,482 3.6
Turnout 41,705 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William O'Connor 77.2 +0.9
Liberal Stanley Tyler 22.8 -0.9
Labor hold Swing +0.9
Australian federal election, 1954: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Greenup 24,292 71.6 +4.5
Liberal Robert Stafford 7,810 23.0 -9.9
Communist Flo Davis 1,803 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 33,905 98.3
Informal votes 594 1.7
Turnout 34,499 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Greenup 76.6 +9.5
Liberal Robert Stafford 23.4 -9.5
Labor hold Swing +9.5
Dalley by-election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Greenup 23,812 70.5 +3.4
Independent William Cole 8,285 24.5 +24.5
Independent John Sheean 1,667 4.9 +4.9
Total formal votes 33,764 95.4
Informal votes 1,618 4.6
Turnout 35,382 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Greenup 75.0 +7.9
Independent William Cole 25.0 +25.0
Labor hold Swing +7.9
Australian federal election, 1951: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sol Rosevear 24,851 67.1 -5.9
Liberal John Laffin 12,204 32.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 37,055 97.7
Informal votes 877 2.3
Turnout 37,932 96.0
Labor hold Swing -5.9

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sol Rosevear 27,501 73.0 +9.6
Liberal Charles Shields 10,190 27.0 -2.9
Total formal votes 37,691 97.1
Informal votes 1,111 2.9
Turnout 38,802 96.6
Labor hold Swing +3.3
Australian federal election, 1946: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sol Rosevear 38,571 63.4 -11.4
Liberal Leslie Webster 14,674 24.1 +24.1
Lang Labor Kenneth Falvey 7,549 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 60,794 97.5
Informal votes 1,531 2.5
Turnout 62,325 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sol Rosevear 73.7 -7.4
Liberal Leslie Webster 26.3 +26.3
Labor hold Swing -7.4
Australian federal election, 1943: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sol Rosevear 44,127 74.8 +41.3
One Parliament Ernest de Faria 10,760 18.2 +18.2
Communist Lance Sharkey 4,087 6.9 +6.9
Total formal votes 58,974 96.9
Informal votes 1,864 3.1
Turnout 60,838 98.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sol Rosevear 81.1 +38.3
One Parliament Ernest de Faria 18.9 +18.9
Labor gain from Labor (N-C) Swing +38.3
Australian federal election, 1940: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (N-C) Sol Rosevear 20,721 37.2 +37.2
Labor Donald Cochrane 18,643 33.5 -24.2
United Australia Hubert O'Connell 14,736 26.5 -15.8
State Labor Edmund Ryan 1,564 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 55,664 97.5
Informal votes 1,423 2.5
Turnout 57,087 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (N-C) Sol Rosevear 31,842 57.2 +57.2
Labor Donald Cochrane 23,822 42.8 -14.9
Labor (N-C) gain from Labor Swing +14.9

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sol Rosevear 32,646 57.7 +51.0
United Australia Arthur Brough 23,961 42.3 +4.0
Total formal votes 56,607 97.7
Informal votes 1,305 2.3
Turnout 57,912 96.9
Labor gain from Labor (NSW) Swing -0.1
Australian federal election, 1934: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Sol Rosevear 25,881 48.0 +9.5
United Australia William Nicol 20,655 38.3 -1.3
Labor William Thompson 3,591 6.7 -13.6
Social Credit Henry Giles 2,079 3.9 +3.9
Independent Labor Jervis Blackman 997 1.8 +1.8
Communist James McPhee 689 1.3 +0.8
Total formal votes 53,892 94.5
Informal votes 3,151 5.5
Turnout 57,043 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (NSW) Sol Rosevear 57.8 +3.1
United Australia William Nicol 42.2 -3.1
Labor (NSW) hold Swing +3.1
Australian federal election, 1931: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Sol Rosevear 17,835 48.0 +48.0
United Australia Sidney Massey 10,459 28.2 +6.1
Labor Ted Theodore 7,272 19.6 +19.6
Ind. Nationalist William Little 902 2.4 +2.4
Communist Jack Sylvester 671 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 37,139 92.9
Informal votes 2,832 7.1
Turnout 39,971 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (NSW) Sol Rosevear 23,784 64.0 +64.0
United Australia Sidney Massey 13,355 36.0 +8.9
Labor (NSW) gain from Labor Swing -8.9

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Theodore 31,276 77.9 +13.7
Nationalist Thomas Morrow 8,870 22.1 +1.8
Total formal votes 40,146 97.3
Informal votes 1,126 2.7
Turnout 41,272 96.2
Labor hold Swing +3.6
Australian federal election, 1928: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Theodore 24,328 64.2 +0.1
Nationalist Hedley Rogers 7,704 20.3 -15.6
Independent Labor Albert Gardiner 5,888 15.5 +15.5
Total formal votes 37,920 94.2
Informal votes 2,319 5.8
Turnout 40,239 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Theodore 69.3 +5.2
Nationalist Hedley Rogers 30.7 -5.2
Labor hold Swing +5.2
Dalley by-election, 1927
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
Australian federal election, 1925: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Mahony 24,455 64.1 -2.6
Nationalist James Thomson 13,702 35.9 +11.0
Total formal votes 38,157 97.9
Informal votes 801 2.1
Turnout 38,958 92.0
Labor hold Swing -8.9
Australian federal election, 1922: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Mahony 16,104 66.7 +7.0
Nationalist William Simpson 6,017 24.9 -15.4
Majority Labor Herbert Mitchell 2,034 8.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 24,155 95.5
Informal votes 1,125 4.5
Turnout 25,280 59.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Mahony 70.9 +11.2
Nationalist William Simpson 29.1 -11.2
Labor hold Swing +11.2

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Mahony 16,242 59.7 +5.7
Nationalist Walter Clutton 10,956 40.3 -5.7
Total formal votes 27,198 97.6
Informal votes 657 2.4
Turnout 27,855 69.1
Labor hold Swing +5.7
Australian federal election, 1917: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Mahony 15,658 54.0 -7.3
Nationalist Albert Lane 13,352 46.0 +7.3
Total formal votes 29,010 97.2
Informal votes 845 2.8
Turnout 29,855 72.3
Labor hold Swing -7.3
Dalley by-election, 1915
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Mahony unopposed
Labor hold Swing
Australian federal election, 1914: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Howe 14,963 61.3 +3.6
Liberal John McEachern 9,450 38.7 -3.6
Total formal votes 24,413 97.7
Informal votes 587 2.3
Turnout 25,000 58.5
Labor hold Swing +3.6
Australian federal election, 1913: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Howe 17,520 57.7 +1.1
Liberal Harry Scott 12,829 42.3 -1.1
Total formal votes 30,349 98.3
Informal votes 519 1.7
Turnout 30,868 74.0
Labor hold Swing +1.1
Australian federal election, 1910: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Howe 14,610 56.6 +9.3
Liberal William Wilks 11,215 43.4 -9.3
Total formal votes 25,825 98.8
Informal votes 318 1.2
Turnout 26,143 74.9
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +9.3

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist William Wilks 9,863 52.7 -22.2
Labour Robert Howe 8,850 47.3 +47.3
Total formal votes 18,713 97.5
Informal votes 481 2.5
Turnout 19,194 63.9
Anti-Socialist hold Swing -22.2
Australian federal election, 1903: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Wilks 12,814 74.9 +24.1
Ind. Protectionist Selina Anderson 3,036 17.7 +17.7
Ind. Protectionist William Burns 1,263 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 17,113 97.4
Informal votes 457 2.6
Turnout 15,570 51.1
Free Trade hold Swing +17.4
Australian federal election, 1901: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Wilks 5,507 50.8 +50.8
Protectionist Reginald Cohen 3,081 28.4 +28.4
Labour Sydney Law 2,245 20.7 +20.7
Total formal votes 10,833 98.8
Informal votes 131 1.2
Turnout 10,964 72.6
Free Trade win (new division)

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