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Leichhardt - 1927 (Roll: 15,707) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Boland, George Independent 276 2.07 Lane, Albert (Defeated) Nationalist 5,912 44.37 Olde, Bernard Clarence (Elected) Labor Party 7,136 53.56 Formal Votes 13,324 Informal Votes 138 1.03 Total Votes / Turnout 13,462 85.71 Notes: Lane was a sitting Nationalist MP for Balmain, though the electorate had an underlying Labor majority.