Electoral results for the district of Swan

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Swan in Western Australian state elections.

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Members for Swan

Swan (1890–1950)
MemberPartyTerm
  William Loton None1890–1897
  Norman Ewing Independent 1897–1901
  Mathieson Jacoby Independent1901–1905
  Arthur Gull Ministerial1905–1908
 Mathieson JacobyMinisterial1908–1911
  Philip Turvey Labor 1911–1914
  William Ralph Nairn Liberal 1914–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1921
  Richard Sampson Country 1921–1923
 Country (MCP)1923–1924
 Nationalist1924–1931
 Country1931–1944
  Ray Owen Independent Country1944–1947
  Gerald Wild Liberal 1947–1949
  Liberal Country League 1949–1950
Swan (1962–1983)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Brady Labor 1962–1974
  John Skidmore Labor1974–1982
  Gordon Hill Labor1982–1983

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Swan state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gordon Hill 7,49159.9+1.9
Liberal Richard Reynolds3,96231.7−4.1
Democrats Ramsay Bogunovich1,0558.4+8.4
Total formal votes12,50897.5+1.7
Informal votes3192.5−1.7
Turnout 12,82775.5−13.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1980 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Skidmore 8,73758.0+2.0
Liberal John George5,38735.8−8.2
National Country Howard Wilcockson7374.9+4.9
Independent Howard Bowra1951.3+1.3
Total formal votes15,05695.8−0.1
Informal votes6634.2+0.1
Turnout 15,71989.0−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Skidmore 8,96759.6+3.6
Liberal John George6,08940.4−3.6
Labor hold Swing +3.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Skidmore 7,83156.0
Liberal Peter Unger6,14344.0
Total formal votes13,97495.9
Informal votes6044.1
Turnout 14,57890.6
Labor hold Swing -6.4
1974 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Skidmore 9,02163.0
Liberal Douglas Ismail4,24429.6
National Alliance Pietro Bendotti1,0527.4
Total formal votes14,31793.9
Informal votes9266.1
Turnout 15,24389.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Skidmore 9,17964.1
Liberal Douglas Ismail5,13835.9
Labor hold Swing
1971 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Brady 9,92375.5+4.5
Democratic Labor Paul McLaughlin3,21424.5+24.5
Total formal votes13,13794.5−3.3
Informal votes7615.5+3.3
Turnout 13,89891.4−0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Brady 7,85271.0
Liberal and Country John Pitsikas3,20129.0
Total formal votes11,05397.8
Informal votes2502.2
Turnout 11,30392.3
Labor hold Swing
1965 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Brady 6,86366.3−25.5
Liberal and Country Lindsay Ellis3,20831.0+31.0
Communist Gordon Murray2842.7−5.5
Total formal votes10,35595.6+3.5
Informal votes4744.4−3.5
Turnout 10,82992.6−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Brady 7,11968.7−23.1
Liberal and Country Lindsay Ellis3,23636.3+36.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1962 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Brady 8,96291.8
Communist Gordon Murray8058.2
Total formal votes9,76792.5
Informal votes7957.5
Turnout 10,56294.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gerald Wild 2,76544.8+44.8
Independent Ray Owen 2,65343.0+43.0
Country Edward Parker75112.2−50.5
Total formal votes6,16997.0+0.6
Informal votes1933.0−0.6
Turnout 6,36285.4−7.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Gerald Wild 3,13550.8+50.8
Independent Ray Owen 3,03449.2+49.2
Liberal gain from Country Swing N/A
1944 Swan state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Owen Hanlon1,48828.8–8.5
Independent Country Ray Owen 1,37726.6+26.6
Independent Country Howard Sampson98819.1+19.1
Country Hurtle Prater56310.9–51.8
Independent John Thomas4659.0+9.0
Nationalist Herbert Yelland 2885.6+5.6
Total formal votes5,16996.9+0.5
Informal votes1653.1–0.5
Turnout 5,33480.4–12.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Country Ray Owen 3,09960.0+60.0
Independent Country Howard Sampson2,07040.0+40.0
Independent Country gain from Country Swing n/a
1943 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richard Sampson 3,58362.7+16.8
Labor Owen Hanlon2,12837.3+5.8
Total formal votes5,71196.4−1.5
Informal votes2153.6+1.5
Turnout 5,92693.0+3.4
Country hold Swing +0.7

Elections in the 1930s

1939 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richard Sampson 2,44745.9−54.1
Labor Harold Larwood1,67631.5+31.5
Ind. Nationalist George North1,20622.6+22.6
Total formal votes5,32997.9
Informal votes1152.1
Turnout 5,44489.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Richard Sampson 3,30662.0−38.0
Labor Harold Larwood2,02338.0+38.0
Country hold Swing N/A
1936 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richard Sampson unopposed
Country hold Swing
1933 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richard Sampson 2,73165.8−34.2
Nationalist William Orr1,42134.2+34.2
Total formal votes4,05197.6
Informal votes1012.4
Turnout 4,25389.3
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
1930 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Richard Sampson unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Richard Sampson 2,39561.6+3.7
Labor Charles Huntley1,49538.4−3.7
Total formal votes3,89099.1−0.1
Informal votes350.9+0.1
Turnout 3,92571.7+2.2
Nationalist hold Swing +3.7
1924 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richard Sampson 1,87557.9+27.6
Labor William Logie1,36242.1+12.1
Total formal votes3,23799.2+1.5
Informal votes250.8−1.5
Turnout 3,26269.5+1.8
Country hold Swing -1.0
1921 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richard Sampson 72530.3+30.3
Labor John Holman 71930.0+30.0
Nationalist Caryl Molyneux30112.6−34.0
Country George Wilson26811.2+11.2
Independent Neil Dungey3273.7+3.7
Nationalist Fred Serisier532.2+2.2
Total formal votes2,39397.7−1.8
Informal votes562.3+1.8
Turnout 2,44967.7+9.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Richard Sampson 1,40958.9+58.9
Labor John Holman 98441.1+41.1
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal William Nairn 1,00453.4+12.3
Nationalist Thomas Ilbery87646.6+32.0
Total formal votes1,88099.5+1.1
Informal votes100.5–1.1
Turnout 1,89058.0–9.5
National Liberal hold Swing –0.1
1914 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Philip Turvey 1,18644.3−6.9
Liberal William Nairn 1,10041.1−7.7
Independent Thomas Ilbery39214.6+14.6
Total formal votes2,67898.4−1.2
Informal votes441.6+1.2
Turnout 2,72267.5−10.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Nairn 1,43353.5+4.7
Labor Philip Turvey 1,24546.5−4.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +4.7
1911 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Philip Turvey 1,01251.2
Ministerialist Mathieson Jacoby 96348.8
Total formal votes1,97599.6
Informal votes70.4
Turnout 1,98277.8
Labor gain from Ministerialist Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Mathieson Jacoby 67740.0−8.1
Ministerialist Arthur Gull 39123.1−28.8
Ministerialist Archibald Sanderson32819.4+19.4
Labour Hugh Linnanne29717.5+17.5
Total formal votes1,69399.0−0.8
Informal votes171.0+0.8
Turnout 1,71053.2+18.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ministerialist Mathieson Jacoby 89258.7+10.6
Ministerialist Arthur Gull 62741.2−10.6
Ministerialist hold Swing +10.6
1905 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Arthur Gull 46951.9+51.9
Ministerialist Mathieson Jacoby 43448.1+48.1
Total formal votes90399.8+0.8
Informal votes20.2–0.8
Turnout 90634.4–10.3
Ministerialist hold Swing N/A
1904 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mathieson Jacoby 71258.6+13.9
Independent William Leslie50341.4+41.4
Total formal votes1,21599.0+1.6
Informal votes121.0–1.6
Turnout 1,22744.7–0.3
Independent hold Swing +13.9
1901 Western Australian state election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Opposition Mathieson Jacoby 24944.7+44.7
Ministerialist Robert Wolfe12823.0+23.0
Labour George Hogarth11520.6+20.6
Independent William Thomas447.9+7.9
Ministerialist Hugh McKernan 213.8+3.8
Total formal votes55797.4±0.0
Informal votes152.6±0.0
Turnout 57245.0–6.5
Opposition gain from Independent Swing +44.7

Elections in the 1890s

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Swan [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Norman Ewing 11638.4
Ministerialist William Johnson9130.1
Ministerialist James Morrison8227.2
Ministerialist James Huelin134.3
Total formal votes30297.4
Informal votes82.6
Turnout 31051.5
Independent hold Swing
1894 Western Australian colonial election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None William Loton unopposed
1890 Western Australian colonial election: Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
None William Loton 8355.3n/a
None Samuel Hamersley 6744.7n/a

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