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Lakemba - 1927 (Roll: 17,852) Retained by Labor Party Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Cann, George (Defeated) Ind Labor 2,174 13.89 Scott, John William Nationalist 5,976 38.19 6,674 45.47 Stanley, Fred (Elected) Labor Party 7,498 47.92 8,005 54.53 Formal Votes 15,648 Informal / Exhausted Votes 216 1.36 969 6.19 Total Votes / Turnout 15,864 88.86 Notes: Cann was elected as a Labor MP for St George in 1925 but was expelled from the Labor Party ahead of the 1927 election. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Cann (ILAB) Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Cann (ILAB) -2174 Scott (NAT) 698 57.93 6674 45.47 Stanley (ALP) 507 42.07 8005 54.53 Votes In Count 1205 14679 Exhausted 969 44.57 969 6.19