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Auburn - 1927 (Roll: 18,438) Retained by Labor Party Not contested by both major parties Candidate Party Votes % Final % Cheetham, Tom Independent 2,821 18.31 Lang, John Thomas (Re-elected) Labor Party 9,429 61.22 Minahan, Patrick Joseph (Defeated) Ind Labor 3,153 20.47 Formal Votes 15,403 Informal Votes 190 1.22 Total Votes / Turnout 15,593 84.57 Notes: Lang was a sitting Labor MP for Parramatta. Minahan was a sitting Labor MP for Sydney but was expelled from the Labor Party and contested this seat against Lang as an Independent Labor candidate.