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Dalley — Australian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Dalley was won by William O'connor (Labor) at the 1966 federal election, with a margin of 9,229 votes over Elton Lewis after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Dalley from 1901 to 1966.

Australia uses instant-runoff (preferential) voting: voters rank candidates in order of preference, and if no one has a majority of first-preference votes, the lowest-placed candidate is eliminated and their votes redistributed to voters' next preference, repeating until one candidate has a majority. The "Winner" and "Margin" below reflect the final result after preferences (equivalent to the AEC's own two-candidate-preferred figure) — not simply whoever led on first preferences, which can occasionally be a different candidate.

Full Election History (After Preferences), 1901–1966

Election Winner Party Final Votes Final Share Runner-up Margin
1901 William Wilks FT 5,507 64.1% Isaiah Cohen (Prot) 2,426 (28.2 pts)
1903 William Wilks FT 12,814 80.8% Selina Anderson (Independent) 9,778 (61.7 pts)
1906 William Wilks AS 9,863 52.7% Robert Howe (Labor) 1,013 (5.4 pts)
1910 Robert Howe Labor 14,610 56.6% William Wilks (Liberal) 3,395 (13.1 pts)
1913 Robert Howe Labor 17,520 57.7% Harry Scott (Liberal) 4,691 (15.5 pts)
1914 Robert Howe Labor 14,963 61.3% John Mceachern (Liberal) 5,513 (22.6 pts)
1917 William Mahony Labor 15,658 54.0% Albert Lane (National) 2,306 (7.9 pts)
1919 William Mahony Labor 16,242 59.7% Walter Clutton (National) 5,286 (19.4 pts)
1922 William Mahony Labor 16,104 72.8% William Simpson (National) 10,087 (45.6 pts)
1925 William Mahony Labor 24,455 64.1% James Thomson (National) 10,753 (28.2 pts)
1928 Edward Theodore Labor 24,328 75.9% Hedley Rogers (National) 16,624 (51.9 pts)
1929 Edward Theodore Labor 31,276 77.9% Thomas Morrow (National) 22,406 (55.8 pts)
1931 Sol Rosevear Labor (Non-Communist) 23,784 64.0% Sidney Massey (United Australia Party) 10,429 (28.1 pts)
1934 Sol Rosevear Labor (Non-Communist) 27,286 55.0% William Nicol (United Australia Party) 4,918 (9.9 pts)
1937 Sol Rosevear Labor 32,646 57.7% Arthur Brough (United Australia Party) 8,685 (15.3 pts)
1940 Sol Rosevear Labor (Non-Communist) 31,842 57.2% Donald Cochrane (Labor) 8,020 (14.4 pts)
1943 Sol Rosevear Labor 44,127 80.4% Ernest De Faria (OPA) 33,367 (60.8 pts)
1946 Sol Rosevear Labor 38,571 72.4% Leslie Webster (Liberal) 23,897 (44.9 pts)
1949 Sol Rosevear Labor 27,501 73.0% Charles Shields (Liberal) 17,311 (45.9 pts)
1951 Sol Rosevear Labor 24,851 67.1% John Laffin (Liberal) 12,647 (34.1 pts)
1954 Arthur Greenup Labor 24,292 75.7% Robert Stafford (Liberal) 16,482 (51.3 pts)
1955 William O'connor Labor 28,913 76.4% Stanley Tyler (Liberal) 19,980 (52.8 pts)
1958 William O'connor Labor 26,081 71.0% Elton Lewis (Liberal) 15,417 (42.0 pts)
1961 William O'connor Labor 24,127 79.2% Arthur Nesbitt (Liberal) 17,784 (58.4 pts)
1963 William O'connor Labor 24,553 72.9% Peter Keogh (Democratic Labor Party) 15,435 (45.8 pts)
1966 William O'connor Labor 18,938 66.1% Elton Lewis (Liberal) 9,229 (32.2 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

Every candidate's first-preference votes, before any preference redistribution.

1901

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William WilksFT5,50750.8%
Isaiah CohenProt3,08128.4%
Sydney LawLabor2,24520.7%

1903

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William WilksFT12,81474.9%
Selina AndersonIndependent3,03617.7%
William BurnsIndependent1,2637.4%

1906

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William WilksAS9,86352.7%
Robert HoweLabor8,85047.3%

1910

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert HoweLabor14,61056.6%
William WilksLiberal11,21543.4%

1913

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert HoweLabor17,52057.7%
Harry ScottLiberal12,82942.3%

1914

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert HoweLabor14,96361.3%
John MceachernLiberal9,45038.7%

1917

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William MahonyLabor15,65854.0%
Albert LaneNational13,35246.0%

1919

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William MahonyLabor16,24259.7%
Walter CluttonNational10,95640.3%

1922

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William MahonyLabor16,10466.7%
William SimpsonNational6,01724.9%
Herbert MitchellIndependent2,0348.4%

1925

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William MahonyLabor24,45564.1%
James ThomsonNational13,70235.9%

1928

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Edward TheodoreLabor24,32864.2%
Hedley RogersNational7,70420.3%
Albert GardinerIndependent5,88815.5%

1929

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Edward TheodoreLabor31,27677.9%
Thomas MorrowNational8,87022.1%

1931

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sol RosevearLabor (Non-Communist)17,83548.0%
Sidney MasseyUnited Australia Party10,45928.2%
Edward TheodoreLabor7,27219.6%
William LittleIndependent9022.4%
John SylvesterCommunist Party of Australia6711.8%

1934

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sol RosevearLabor (Non-Communist)25,88148.0%
William NicolUnited Australia Party20,65538.3%
William ThompsonLabor3,5916.7%
Henry GilesSC2,0793.9%
Jervis BlackmanIndependent9971.8%
Creighton McpheeCommunist Party of Australia6891.3%

1937

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sol RosevearLabor32,64657.7%
Arthur BroughUnited Australia Party23,96142.3%

1940

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sol RosevearLabor (Non-Communist)20,72137.2%
Donald CochraneLabor18,64333.5%
Hubert O'connellUnited Australia Party14,73626.5%
Edmund RyanSL1,5642.8%

1943

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sol RosevearLabor44,12774.8%
Ernest De FariaOPA10,76018.2%
Lance SharkeyCommunist Party of Australia4,0876.9%

1946

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sol RosevearLabor38,57163.4%
Leslie WebsterLiberal14,67424.1%
Kenneth FalveyLabor (Non-Communist)7,54912.4%

1949

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sol RosevearLabor27,50173.0%
Charles ShieldsLiberal10,19027.0%

1951

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sol RosevearLabor24,85167.1%
John LaffinLiberal12,20432.9%

1954

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Arthur GreenupLabor24,29271.6%
Robert StaffordLiberal7,81023.0%
Florence DavisCommunist Party of Australia1,8035.3%

1955

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William O'connorLabor28,91371.9%
Stanley TylerLiberal8,93322.2%
Ernest ThorntonCommunist Party of Australia2,3775.9%

1958

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William O'connorLabor26,08171.0%
Elton LewisLiberal10,66429.0%

1961

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William O'connorLabor24,12771.0%
Arthur NesbittLiberal6,34318.7%
Reginald LawsonDemocratic Labor Party2,3316.9%
Mavis RobertsonCommunist Party of Australia1,1723.4%

1963

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William O'connorLabor24,55372.9%
Peter KeoghDemocratic Labor Party9,11827.1%

1966

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William O'connorLabor18,93861.0%
Elton LewisLiberal9,70931.3%
John KavanaghDemocratic Labor Party2,3777.7%

Margin Over Time

Final (after-preferences) winning margin, percentage points, coloured by the winning party.

1901: FT margin 28.2 pts 1903: FT margin 61.7 pts 1906: AS margin 5.4 pts 1910: Labor margin 13.1 pts 1913: Labor margin 15.5 pts 1914: Labor margin 22.6 pts 1917: Labor margin 7.9 pts 1919: Labor margin 19.4 pts 1922: Labor margin 45.6 pts 1925: Labor margin 28.2 pts 1928: Labor margin 51.9 pts 1929: Labor margin 55.8 pts 1931: Labor (Non-Communist) margin 28.1 pts 1934: Labor (Non-Communist) margin 9.9 pts 1937: Labor margin 15.3 pts 1940: Labor (Non-Communist) margin 14.4 pts 1943: Labor margin 60.8 pts 1946: Labor margin 44.9 pts 1949: Labor margin 45.9 pts 1951: Labor margin 34.1 pts 1954: Labor margin 51.3 pts 1955: Labor margin 52.8 pts 1958: Labor margin 42.0 pts 1961: Labor margin 58.4 pts 1963: Labor margin 45.8 pts 1966: Labor margin 32.2 pts 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 1925 1928 1929 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966

Trend

Dalley has been contested at 26 federal elections on record since 1901. Winning parties over that span: FT, AS, Labor, Labor (Non-Communist).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Dalley in the 1966 federal election?

William O'connor (Labor) won Dalley in 1966 after preferences, with 18,938 votes (66.1%) to Elton Lewis's 9,709.

Which parties have won Dalley since 1901?

Since 1901, Dalley has been won by: AS, FT, Labor, Labor (Non-Communist).

What was the closest result in Dalley?

The closest result on record for Dalley was 1906, when William Wilks (AS) beat Robert Howe by 1,013 votes (5.4 percentage points) after preferences.

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