Results of the 1927 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

South Australian state election, 26 March 1927 House of Assembly << 1924–1930 >>
Enrolled voters		309,588
Votes cast		214,738		Turnout	77.43%	+14.71%
Informal votes		3,943		Informal	N/A
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	243,450	47.99%	+0.65%	16	– 11
	Liberal Federation	203,050	40.02%	–1.68%	23	+ 6
	Country	27,617	5.44%	–3.56%	5	+ 3
	Protestant Labor	10,560	2.08%	+2.08%	1	+ 1
	Single Tax League	1,923	0.40%	–0.20%	0	± 0
	Independent	20,720	5.10%	+4.60%	1	+ 1
Total		507,320			46

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1927 South Australian state election. Each district elected multiple members.

Every voter would receive a ballot paper where they would cast two or three votes for different candidates. In electorates that were not unopposed, the two or three candidates with the most votes would be elected.

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

1927 South Australian state election: Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Denny (elected)	7,412	25.4	-4.8
	Labor	Bert Edwards (elected)	7,149	24.5	-5.1
	Labor	Herbert George (elected)	7,095	24.3	+24.3
	Liberal Federation	Donald Kerr	2,688	9.2	+9.2
	Liberal Federation	Francis Hicks	2,200	7.5	+7.5
	Liberal Federation	Agnes Goode	2,189	7.5	+0.7
	Independent	Cecil Skitch	503	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			29,236 10,299 ballots	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			266	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			10,565	73.4	+22.7
Party total votes
	Labor		21,656	74.1	-16.9
	Liberal Federation		7,077	24.2	+17.4
	Independent	Cecil Skitch	503	1.7	+1.7

Albert

1927 South Australian state election: Albert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Malcolm McIntosh (elected)	5,809	29.7	-8.5
	Country	Frederick McMillan (elected)	5,643	28.9	-8.5
	Labor	Richard McKenzie	4,092	20.9	+20.9
	Labor	Henry Dalziel	4,000	20.5	+20.5
Total formal votes			19,544 10,067 ballots	98.8	-0.6
Informal votes			120	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			10,187	76.1	+22.8
Party total votes
	Country		11,452	58.6	-17.0
	Labor		8,092	41.4	+41.4

Alexandra

1927 South Australian state election: Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Percy Heggaton (elected)	unopposed
	Liberal Federation	Herbert Hudd (elected)	unopposed
	Liberal Federation	George Laffer (elected)	unopposed

Barossa

1927 South Australian state election: Barossa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Herbert Basedow (elected)	5,766	18.4	+10.2
	Labor	George Cooke (elected)	5,241	16.7	+0.4
	Liberal Federation	Henry Crosby (elected)	5,152	16.4	+1.1
	Liberal Federation	Reginald Rudall	5,056	16.1	+16.1
	Labor	Leonard Hopkins	5,014	16.0	+0.4
	Liberal Federation	Herbert Lyons	4,870	15.5	+15.5
	Independent	Albert Davies	282	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			31,371 10,816 ballots	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			123	1.1	-0.4
Turnout			10,939	86.0	+15.6
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		15,078	48.0	+1.9
	Labor		10,255	32.7	+0.8
	Independent	Herbert Basedow	5,766	18.4	+10.2
	Independent	Albert Davies	282	0.9	+0.9

Burra Burra

1927 South Australian state election: Burra Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	George Jenkins (elected)	5,719	17.6	+5.0
	Country	Reginald Carter (elected)	5,420	16.7	+11.6
	Liberal Federation	Francis Jettner (elected)	5,407	16.7	+5.8
	Labor	Albert Hawke	5,396	16.7	+1.9
	Labor	Sydney McHugh	5,239	16.2	+1.2
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran	5,231	16.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			32,412 11,040 ballots	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			133	1.2	-0.8
Turnout			11,173	82.5	+13.5
Party total votes
	Labor		15,866	49.0	+3.2
	Liberal Federation		11,126	34.3	-1.7
	Country		5,420	16.7	-1.6

East Torrens

1927 South Australian state election: East Torrens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Frederick Coneybeer (elected)	15,372	20.1	+3.3
	Liberal Federation	Walter Hamilton (elected)	14,330	18.8	+3.1
	Liberal Federation	Albert Sutton (elected)	13,790	18.1	+2.4
	Labor	Leslie Hunkin	12,619	16.5	-1.6
	Labor	Beasley Kearney	10,111	13.2	+13.2
	Labor	James Flaherty	10,109	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			76,331 26,387 ballots	98.2	-0.8
Informal votes			494	1.8	+0.8
Turnout			26,881	75.8	+13.1
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		43,492	57.0	+8.8
	Labor		32,839	43.0	-8.8

Flinders

1927 South Australian state election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	James Moseley (elected)	3,680	25.6	+8.1
	Country	Edward Coles (elected)	3,459	24.0	+24.0
	Labor	John O'Connor	3,318	23.1	+8.7
	Labor	James Pollard	2,017	14.0	+14.0
	Single Tax League	Edward Craigie	1,923	13.4	+3.0
Total formal votes			14,397 7,704 ballots	98.2	-0.4
Informal votes			140	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			7,844	75.5	+11.7
Party total votes
	Labor		5,335	37.1	+8.5
	Liberal Federation		3,680	25.6	-2.7
	Country		3,459	24.0	0.0
	Single Tax League		1,923	13.4	-5.8

Murray

1927 South Australian state election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clement Collins (elected)	5,031	17.0	-0.7
	Liberal Federation	Hermann Homburg (elected)	4,993	16.8	+1.0
	Liberal Federation	Ernest Hannaford (elected)	4,893	16.5	+16.5
	Liberal Federation	John Randell	4,715	15.9	-0.6
	Labor	Frank Staniford	4,327	14.6	-3.1
	Labor	Alec Gniel	4,158	14.0	+14.0
	Independent	John Godfree	1,561	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			29,678 10,191 ballots	98.4	-1.0
Informal votes			172	1.6	+1.0
Turnout			10.363	83.2	+19.6
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		14,601	49.2	-0.5
	Labor		13,516	45.6	-4.7
	Independent	John Godfree	1,561	5.3	+5.3

Newcastle

1927 South Australian state election: Newcastle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Butterfield (elected)	2,776	30.5	-9.4
	Labor	William Harvey (elected)	2,678	29.5	-8.2
	Liberal Federation	Philip McBride	1,853	20.4	+20.4
	Country	Sydney Castine	1,785	19.6	+19.6
Total formal votes			9,092 4,670 ballots	98.2	-0.1
Informal votes			85	1.8	+0.1
Turnout			4,755	76.5	+12.1
Party total votes
	Labor		5,454	60.0	-17.6
	Liberal Federation		1,853	20.4	-2.0
	Country		1,785	19.6	+19.6

North Adelaide

1927 South Australian state election: North Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Birrell (elected)	7,875	25.5	-2.0
	Liberal Federation	Shirley Jeffries (elected)	7,811	25.3	+2.1
	Liberal Federation	Victor Newland	7,705	25.0	+25.0
	Labor	Stanley Whitford	7,450	24.2	-2.9
Total formal votes			30,841 15,765 ballots	97.8	-1.2
Informal votes			352	2.2	+1.2
Turnout			16,117	78.0	+15.4
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		15,516	50.3	+4.9
	Labor		15,325	49.7	-4.9

Port Adelaide

1927 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Jonas (elected)	14,512	40.9	+40.9
	Protestant Labor	Thomas Thompson (elected)	10,560	29.8	+29.8
	Labor	Frank Condon	10,375	29.3	-11.7
Total formal votes			35,447 20,507 ballots	98.4	-0.6
Informal votes			334	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			20,841	77.2	+13.1
Party total votes
	Labor		24,887	70.2	-15.2
	Protestant Labor		10,560	29.8	+29.8

Port Pirie

1927 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Fitzgerald (elected)	unopposed
	Labor	Lionel Hill (elected)	unopposed

Stanley

1927 South Australian state election: Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	John Lyons (elected)	5,066	39.8	+39.8
	Liberal Federation	Robert Nicholls (elected)	5,002	29.3	-1.3
	Independent	Peter Gillen	2,648	20.8	+20.8
Total formal votes			12,716 7,530 ballots	98.3	+0.1
Informal votes			130	1.7	-0.1
Turnout			7,660	79.8	+9.8
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		10,068	79.2	+22.4
	Independent	Peter Gillen	2,648	20.8	+20.8

Sturt

1927 South Australian state election: Sturt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Herbert Richards (elected)	19,642	19.1	+1.4
	Liberal Federation	Ernest Anthoney (elected)	19,485	19.0	+1.5
	Liberal Federation	Edward Vardon (elected)	18,939	18.4	+1.3
	Labor	Bob Dale	14,114	13.7	+13.7
	Labor	Thomas Grealy	14,015	13.6	-2.9
	Labor	Francis McCabe	13,417	13.1	+13.1
	Independent	Edmund Craig	3,162	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			102,774 35,272 ballots	97.6	-1.6
Informal votes			865	2.4	+1.6
Turnout			36,137	75.3	+17.5
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		58,066	56.5	+4.2
	Labor		41,546	40.4	-7.3
	Independent	Edward Craig	3,162	3.1	+3.1

Victoria

1927 South Australian state election: Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Peter Reidy (elected)	6,079	29.1	+1.7
	Labor	Eric Shepherd (elected)	5,410	25.9	+0.1
	Liberal Federation	Vernon Petherick	5,122	24.5	-0.1
	Labor	Francis Young	4,291	20.5	+20.5
Total formal votes			20,902 10,630 ballots	99.2	-0.1
Informal votes			81	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			10,711	89.4	+14.8
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		11,201	53.6	+1.6
	Labor		9,701	46.4	-1.6

Wallaroo

1927 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Pedler (elected)	unopposed
	Labor	Robert Richards (elected)	unopposed

West Torrens

1927 South Australian state election: West Torrens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Blackwell (elected)	15,549	42.3
	Labor	John McInnes (elected)	14,369	39.1
	Independent	Raphael Cilento	6,808	18.5
Total formal votes			36,726 21,103 ballots	97.4
Informal votes			572	2.6
Turnout			21,675	71.2
Party total votes
	Labor		29,918	82.5
	Independent	Raphael Cilento	6,808	18.5

Wooroora

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1927 South Australian state election: Wooroora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	James McLachlan (elected)	5,719	22.1	+8.7
	Liberal Federation	Richard Butler (elected)	5,573	21.6	+8.9
	Country	Archie Cameron (elected)	5,501	21.3	+11.5
	Labor	Allan Robertson	3,370	13.0	+0.9
	Labor	Reginald Reincke	2,857	11.1	+11.1
	Labor	William Jarrad	2,833	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			25,853 8,814 ballots	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			76	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,890	80.3	+7.4
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		11,292	43.7	+5.7
	Labor		9,060	35.1	+0.7
	Country		5,501	21.3	-6.4

Yorke Peninsula

1927 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Edward Giles (elected)	unopposed
	Liberal Federation	Henry Tossell (elected)	unopposed

See also

• Candidates of the 1927 South Australian state election
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1927–1930