1940 Swan by-election

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1940 Swan by-election
Flag of Western Australia.svg
21 December 1940
 First partySecond party
  Thomas William Marwick.JPG
ALP
Candidate Thomas Marwick Jim Dinan
Party Country Labor
Popular vote12,35416,729
Percentage27.6%37.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.6ppIncrease2.svg9.2pp
TPP 52.3%47.3%
TPP swingDecrease2.svg5.2ppIncrease2.svg5.2pp

 Third partyFourth party
  Percy Ferguson.jpg
IND
Candidate Percy Ferguson Claude Barker
Party Country Independent
Popular vote10,6284,980
Percentage23.8%11.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg23.8ppIncrease2.svg11.1pp

MP before election

Henry Gregory
Country

Elected MP

Thomas Marwick
Country

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Swan on 21 December 1940. This was triggered by the death of Country Party MP Henry Gregory.

The by-election was won by Country Party candidate Thomas Marwick, who had been a member of the Senate from 1936 to 1937.

Results

Swan by-election, 1940 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Dinan16,72937.4+9.2
Country Thomas Marwick 12,35427.6−1.6
Country Percy Ferguson 10,62823.8+23.8
Independent Claude Barker 4,98011.1+11.1
Total formal votes44,69198.5
Informal votes7011.5
Turnout 45,39284.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Thomas Marwick 23,53752.3−5.2
Labor Jim Dinan21,15447.3+5.2
Country hold Swing −5.2

References

  1. "By-Elections 1940-1943". Psephos. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008.