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Dulwich Hill - 1927 (Roll: 17,455) Retained by Nationalist Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Croal, Donald Walter Independent 131 0.88 Gilson, Thomas Horace Labor Party 5,258 35.38 5,662 40.19 Hoskins, Tom James (Defeated) Ind Nationalist 2,887 19.43 Ness, John Thomas (Re-elected) Nationalist 6,584 44.31 8,427 59.81 Formal Votes 14,860 Informal / Exhausted Votes 331 2.18 771 5.19 Total Votes / Turnout 15,191 87.03 Notes: Both Ness and Hoskins were sitting Nationalist MPs for Western Suburbs. Hoskins withdrew from Nationalist pre-selection and ran as an Independent Nationalist candidate. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Croal (IND) Exclusion 2 Hoskins (INAT) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Croal (IND) -131 Gilson (ALP) 63 63.64 5321 35.88 341 15.74 5662 40.19 Hoskins (INAT) 18 18.18 2905 19.59 -2905 Ness (NAT) 18 18.18 6602 44.52 1825 84.26 8427 59.81 Votes In Count 99 14828 2166 14089 Exhausted 32 24.43 32 0.22 739 25.44 771 5.19