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Balmain - 1927 (Roll: 14,781) Ind Labor gain from Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Doran, Harry Labor Party 5,949 46.95 Evatt, Herbert Vere (Re-elected) Ind Labor 6,722 53.05 Formal Votes 12,671 Informal Votes 182 1.42 Total Votes / Turnout 12,853 86.96 Notes: Evatt was a sitting Labor MP for the multi-member seat of Balmain, but was defeated for pre-selection in the new single member electorate. He contested and won as an Independent Labor candidate.