 Lacking name recognition, Chifley lost the election to the incumbent Nationalist MP, Arthur Manning.However, he reprised his candidacy in 1928, mounting a campaign that focused on the Bruce Government's unpopular labour policies.He accused the government of endangering the White Australia policy by allowing Southern European migrant workers into the country, claiming it had "allowed so many dagoes and aliens in Australia that today they are all over the country taking work which rightly belongs to all Australians".