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)
MemberPartyTerm
  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)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Brady Labor 1962–1974
  John Skidmore Labor 1974–1982
  Gordon Hill Labor 1982–1983

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Swan state by-election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Western Australian state election, 1980: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Western Australian state election, 1977: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Western Australian state election, 1974: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Western Australian state election, 1971: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Western Australian state election, 1968: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Western Australian state election, 1965: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Western Australian state election, 1962: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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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