1927 New South Wales state election

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All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Thomas Bavin Jack Lang Party Nationalist/Country coalition Labor Leader since 24 September 1925 31 July 1923 Leader's seat Gordon Auburn Last election 41 seats 46 seats Seats won 46 seats 40 seats Seat change 5 6 Percentage 47.3% 43.0% Swing 1.3 3.0
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election Jack Lang Labor Elected Premier Thomas Bavin Nationalist/Country coalition

The 1927 New South Wales state election to elect the 90 members of the 28th Legislative Assembly was held on 8 October 1927. During the previous parliament the voting system, which had been a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark), was changed to single member constituencies with optional preferential voting (Instant-runoff voting).^[1][2][3] Severe divisions occurred within the Labor Party caucus in the four months prior to the election (see Lang Labor) and a caretaker government composed of the supporters of the Premier of New South Wales and party leader, Jack Lang was in power at the time of the election.^[4]

As a result of the election the Lang government was defeated and a Nationalist/Country Party coalition government led by Thomas Bavin^[5] and Ernest Buttenshaw^[6] was formed with a parliamentary majority of 1 and the usual support of the 2 Nationalist independents. The Parliament first met on 3 November 1927, and ran its maximum term of 3 years. Lang remained the leader of the Labor Party throughout the Parliament.

To date Lang is the only elected Labor Premier of New South Wales to be voted out of office.^{[citation needed]}

Key dates

Results

Changing seats