The Division of Dalley was an
Australian Electoral Division in
New South Wales
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. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the
first federal election. It was named for the colonial politician
William Dalley
William Bede Dalley (5 July 1831 – 28 October 1888) was an Australian politician and barrister and the first Australian appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He was a leading lay representative and champion of the Catholic co ...
and was located in the inner suburbs of
Sydney
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, including
Balmain,
Glebe
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and
Leichhardt Leichhardt may refer to:
* Division of Leichhardt, electoral District for the Australian House of Representatives
* Leichhardt Highway, a highway of Queensland, Australia
* Leichhardt Way, an Australian road route
* Leichhardt, New South Wales, inn ...
. It was abolished in 1969.
For most of its history it was a safe seat for the
Australian Labor Party
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, which held it without interruption from 1910 onward. In the 1930s it was a stronghold of the radical
Premier of New South Wales
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,
Jack Lang. Its most prominent member was
Ted Theodore
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, who was deputy prime minister and treasurer in the
Scullin government, having previously been
Premier of Queensland
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By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is ap ...
. He was defeated in 1931 by the Lang follower and later Deputy Leader of Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist)
Sol Rosevear
John Solomon "Sol" Rosevear (4 January 189221 March 1953) was an Australian politician, and was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1943 to 1949.
Early life
Rosevear was born on 4 January 1892 in Pyrmont, Sydney, New South ...
, who was
Speaker
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** I ...
during the
Curtin and
Chifley governments.
Members
Election results
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1901 establishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1901
1969 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies disestablished in 1969
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