The Division of Dalley was an Australian Electoral Division in

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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

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, including Balmain,

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and

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. It was abolished in 1969. For most of its history it was a safe seat for the

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, which held it without interruption from 1910 onward. In the 1930s it was a stronghold of the radical

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, Jack Lang. Its most prominent member was

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, who was deputy prime minister and treasurer in the Scullin government, having previously been

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. 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

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during the Curtin and Chifley governments.

Members

Election results

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