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[]

	Party	Term
William Wilks	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1901–1909
William Wilks	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[]

1966[]

1966 Australian federal election: 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

1963[]

1963 Australian federal election: 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

1961[]

1961 Australian federal election: 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[]

1958[]

1958 Australian federal election: 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

1955[]

1955 Australian federal election: 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

1954[]

1954 Australian federal election: 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

1953[]

1953 Dalley by-election ^[1]
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

1951[]

1951 Australian federal election: 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[]

1949[]

1949 Australian federal election: 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

1946[]

1946 Australian federal election: 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

1943[]

1943 Australian federal election: 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

1940[]

1940 Australian federal election: 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[]

1937[]

1937 Australian federal election: 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

1934[]

1934 Australian federal election: 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

1931[]

1931 Australian federal election: 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	-58.3
	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[]

1929[]

1929 Australian federal election: 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

1928[]

1928 Australian federal election: 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

1927[]

1927 Dalley by-election ^[2]
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

1925[]

1925 Australian federal election: 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

1922[]

1922 Australian federal election: 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[]

1919[]

1919 Australian federal election: 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

1917[]

1917 Australian federal election: 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

1915[]

1915 Dalley by-election ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Mahony	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1914[]

1914 Australian federal election: 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

1913[]

1913 Australian federal election: 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

1910[]

1910 Australian federal election: 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[]

1906[]

1906 Australian federal election: 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

1903[]

1903 Australian federal election: 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

1901[]

1901 Australian federal election: 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 seat)

References[]

^ Carr, Adam. "1953 Dalley by-election". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
^ "By-Elections 1925-1928". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
^ "By-Elections 1914-1917". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2021-12-11.

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
Carr, Adam. Psephos

[1953_Dalley_by-election_Psephos-1] Carr, Adam. "1953 Dalley by-election". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2021-12-11.

[1927_Dalley_by-election_Psephos-2] "By-Elections 1925-1928". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2021-12-11.

[1915_Dalley_by-election_Psephos-3] "By-Elections 1914-1917". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2021-12-11.

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