Division of Dalley

The Division of Dalley was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. 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 and was located in the inner suburbs of Sydney, including Balmain, Glebe and Leichhardt. It was abolished in 1969.

For most of its history it was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, which held it without interruption from 1910 onward. In the 1930s it was a stronghold of the radical Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang. Its most prominent member was Ted Theodore, who was deputy Labor leader and Treasurer in the Scullin government, having previously served as Premier of Queensland from 1919 to 1925. Theodore was defeated in 1931 by the Lang follower and later Deputy Leader of Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) Sol Rosevear, who was Speaker during the Curtin and Chifley governments.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
Template:Australian party style|	File:William Henry Wilks.jpg	Bill Wilks (1863–1940)	Free Trade	29 March 1901 – 1906	Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Balmain North. Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Reid. Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|			Anti-Socialist	1906 – 26 May 1909
Template:Australian party style|			Liberal	26 May 1909 – 13 April 1910
Template:Australian party style|	File:Robert Howe.jpg	Robert Howe (1861–1915)	Labor	13 April 1910 – 2 April 1915	Died in office
Template:Australian party style|	File:William Mahony.jpg	William Mahony (1877–1962)		6 May 1915 – 18 January 1927	Resigned to retire from politics
Template:Australian party style|	File:Ted Theodore 1931.jpg	Ted Theodore (1884–1950)		26 February 1927 – 19 December 1931	Previously held the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Woothakata. Served as minister under Scullin. Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:Sol Rosevear.jpg	Sol Rosevear (1892–1953)	Labor (NSW)	19 December 1931 – February 1936	Served as Speaker during the Curtin, Forde and Chifley Governments. Died in office
Template:Australian party style|			Labor	February 1936 – 2 May 1940
Template:Australian party style|			Labor (Non-Communist)	2 May 1940 – February 1941
Template:Australian party style|			Labor	February 1941 – 21 March 1953
Template:Australian party style|	File:Arthur Greenup.jpg	Arthur Greenup (1902-1980)		9 May 1953 – 4 November 1955	Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Newtown-Annandale. Lost preselection and retired
Template:Australian party style|	File:WilliamO'Connor1962.jpg	William O'Connor (1910–1987)		10 December 1955 – 29 September 1969	Previously held the Division of Martin. Retired after Dalley was abolished in 1969

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