Electoral results for the district of Swan
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Swan in Western Australian state elections.
Members for Swan
Swan (1890–1950) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
William Loton | 1890–1897 | ||
Norman Ewing | Independent | 1897–1901 | |
Mathieson Jacoby | Independent | 1901–1905 | |
Arthur Gull | Ministerial | 1905–1908 | |
Mathieson Jacoby | Ministerial | 1908–1911 | |
Philip Turvey | Labor | 1911–1914 | |
William Ralph Nairn | Liberal (WA) | 1914–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1921 | ||
Richard Sampson | Country | 1921–1923 | |
Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 | ||
Nationalist | 1924–1931 | ||
Country | 1931–1944 | ||
Ray Owen | Independent Country | 1944–1947 | |
Gerald Wild | Liberal | 1947–1949 | |
Liberal Country League | 1949–1950 | ||
Swan (1962–1983) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
John Brady | Labor | 1962–1974 | |
John Skidmore | Labor | 1974–1982 | |
Gordon Hill | Labor | 1982–1983 | |
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Gordon Hill | 7,491 | 59.9 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Richard Reynolds | 3,962 | 31.7 | -4.1 | |
Democrats | Ramsay Bogunovich | 1,055 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,508 | 97.5 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 319 | 2.5 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 12,827 | 75.5 | -13.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Jack Skidmore | 8,737 | 58.0 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | John George | 5,387 | 35.8 | -8.2 | |
National Country | Howard Wilcockson | 737 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Independent | Howard Bowra | 195 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 15,056 | 95.8 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 663 | 4.2 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 15,719 | 89.0 | -1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Skidmore | 8,967 | 59.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | John George | 6,089 | 40.4 | -3.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Jack Skidmore | 7,831 | 56.0 | ||
Liberal | Peter Unger | 6,143 | 44.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,974 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 604 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 14,578 | 90.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Jack Skidmore | 9,021 | 63.0 | ||
Liberal | Douglas Ismail | 4,244 | 29.6 | ||
National Alliance | Pietro Bendotti | 1,052 | 7.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,317 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 926 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 15,243 | 89.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Skidmore | 9,179 | 64.1 | ||
Liberal | Douglas Ismail | 5,138 | 35.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | John Brady | 9,923 | 75.5 | +4.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Paul McLaughlin | 3,214 | 24.5 | +24.5 | |
Total formal votes | 13,137 | 94.5 | -3.3 | ||
Informal votes | 761 | 5.5 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 13,898 | 91.4 | -0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | John Brady | 7,852 | 71.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | John Pitsikas | 3,201 | 29.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,053 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 250 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,303 | 92.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | John Brady | 6,863 | 66.3 | -25.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Lindsay Ellis | 3,208 | 31.0 | +31.0 | |
Communist | Gordon Murray | 284 | 2.7 | -5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 10,355 | 95.6 | +3.5 | ||
Informal votes | 474 | 4.4 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 10,829 | 92.6 | -1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Brady | 7,119 | 68.7 | -23.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Lindsay Ellis | 3,236 | 36.3 | +36.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | John Brady | 8,962 | 91.8 | ||
Communist | Gordon Murray | 805 | 8.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,767 | 92.5 | |||
Informal votes | 795 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 10,562 | 94.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
References
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