 In 1911 , the seat was won for the first time for the Australian Labor Party by Walter Dwyer , a lawyer who helped to draft the Industrial Arbitration Act 1912 during the first Scaddan administration ; however , he was defeated by James Connolly of the new Liberal Party in 1914 . Connolly became a minister without portfolio in the new Wilson government in 1916 , but resigned in June 1917 when appointed to the role of Agent General for Western Australia . Robert Pilkington of the Nationalist Party won the subsequent by @-@ election on 21 July 1917 and election two months later , before leaving for England in 1921 . Harry Mann , a former detective who , amongst other things , oversaw gaming and racing , was elected in his place . 
