1927 Dalley by-election

1927 Dalley by-election
26 February 1927
  First party Second party
 
NAT
Candidate Ted Theodore Walter Gee
Party Labor Nationalist
Popular vote 21,186 12,667
Percentage 62.6% 37.4%
Swing 1.5pp 1.5pp
MP before election

William Mahony
Labor

Elected MP

Ted Theodore
Labor

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Dalley on 26 February 1927. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP William Mahony.

The by-election was won by former Queensland Premier Ted Theodore, the Labor candidate. After the by-election there was some suggestion that Theodore had bribed Mahony to resign so that he might enter Parliament.

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