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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Swan in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.

Members

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Member Party Term
  Sir John Forrest Protectionist 1901–1906
  Western Australian 1906–1909
  Liberal 1909–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1918
  Edwin Corboy Labor 1918 by–1919
  John Prowse Farmers and Settlers Association/Country 1919–1922
Henry Gregory Country 1922–1940
Thomas Marwick 1940 by–1943
  Don Mountjoy Labor 1943–1946
  Len Hamilton Country 1946–1949
  Bill Grayden Liberal 1949–1954
  Harry Webb Labor 1954–1955
  Richard Cleaver Liberal 1955–1969
  Adrian Bennett Labor 1969–1975
  John Martyr Liberal 1975–1980
  Kim Beazley Labor 1980–1996
  Don Randall Liberal 1996–1998
  Kim Wilkie Labor 1998–2007
  Steve Irons Liberal 2007–2022
  Zaneta Mascarenhas Labor 2022–present

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2022

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Swan.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Swan[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Zaneta Mascarenhas 39,082 39.07 +6.17
Liberal Kristy McSweeney 32,096 32.08 −12.65
Greens Clint Uink 14,861 14.86 +2.86
United Australia Paul Hilton 2,637 2.64 +0.81
One Nation Peter Hallifax 2,544 2.54 −0.33
Animal Justice Timothy Green 2,214 2.21 +0.89
Western Australia Rod Bradley 2,059 2.06 +0.70
Christians Dena Gower 1,930 1.93 +0.20
Liberal Democrats Matthew Thompson 1,821 1.82 +1.82
Federation Carl Pallier 792 0.79 +0.79
Total formal votes 100,036 94.75 +0.59
Informal votes 5,545 5.25 −0.59
Turnout 105,581 87.12 −1.73
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Zaneta Mascarenhas 58,796 58.77 +11.99
Liberal Kristy McSweeney 41,240 41.23 −11.99
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +11.99
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Swan in the 2022 federal election. checkY indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

Elections in the 2010s

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2019

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Swan.[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Swan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve Irons 37,591 44.68 −3.50
Labor Hannah Beazley 27,953 33.22 +0.21
Greens Liberty Cramer 10,372 12.33 −2.69
One Nation Tshung-Hui Chang 2,038 2.42 +2.42
United Australia Peter McLernon 1,483 1.76 +1.76
Christians Steve Klomp 1,450 1.72 −2.07
Animal Justice Virginia Thomas-Wurth 1,302 1.55 +1.55
Western Australia Sharron Hawkins Zeeb 1,102 1.31 +1.31
Conservative National Carmel Addink 601 0.71 +0.71
Australia First Michael Chehoff 251 0.30 +0.30
Total formal votes 84,143 94.19 −2.18
Informal votes 5,190 5.81 +2.18
Turnout 89,333 88.64 +1.80
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve Irons 44,357 52.72 −0.87
Labor Hannah Beazley 39,786 47.28 +0.87
Liberal hold Swing −0.87

2016

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Swan.[edit]
2016 Australian federal election: Swan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve Irons 39,220 48.18 −1.43
Labor Tammy Solonec 26,869 33.01 +2.97
Greens Sarah Nielsen-Harvey 12,227 15.02 +3.79
Christians Steve Klomp 3,086 3.79 +2.06
Total formal votes 81,402 96.37 +1.96
Informal votes 3,062 3.63 −1.96
Turnout 84,464 86.84 −3.55
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve Irons 43,625 53.59 −3.75
Labor Tammy Solonec 37,777 46.41 +3.75
Liberal hold Swing −3.75

2013

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Swan.[edit]
2013 Australian federal election: Swan[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve Irons 39,972 48.86 +2.35
Labor John Bissett 25,037 30.60 −4.68
Greens Gerard Siero 9,446 11.55 −0.26
Palmer United Kenneth Duncan 3,463 4.23 +4.23
Christians Steve Klomp 1,465 1.79 +1.79
Family First Moyna Rapp 797 0.97 −0.26
Protectionist Troy Ellis 718 0.88 +0.88
Rise Up Australia Paul Davies 488 0.60 +0.60
Katter's Australian Noel Avery 421 0.51 +0.51
Total formal votes 81,807 94.37 −0.73
Informal votes 4,879 5.63 +0.73
Turnout 86,686 90.97 −1.00
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve Irons 46,246 56.53 +4.00
Labor John Bissett 35,561 43.47 −4.00
Liberal hold Swing +4.00

2010

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Swan.[edit]
2010 Australian federal election: Swan[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve Irons 36,951 46.51 +2.76
Labor Tim Hammond 28,023 35.28 −5.69
Greens Rebecca Leighton 9,380 11.81 +1.69
Sex Party Bret Treasure 2,060 2.59 +2.59
Christian Democrats Steve Klomp 1,646 2.07 +0.30
Family First Barry Drennan 981 1.23 +0.38
Socialist Equality Joe Lopez 398 0.50 +0.30
Total formal votes 79,439 95.10 −0.36
Informal votes 4,089 4.90 +0.36
Turnout 83,528 92.03 −0.97
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve Irons 41,729 52.53 +2.80
Labor Tim Hammond 37,710 47.47 −2.80
Liberal notional gain from Labor Swing +2.80

Elections in the 2000s

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2007

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2007 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve Irons 32,183 44.28 +0.14
Labor Kim Wilkie 29,544 40.65 +0.73
Greens Kim Lisson 7,365 10.13 +1.84
Christian Democrats Tasman Gilbert 1,210 1.66 −0.09
Independent Linda Ross 656 0.90 +0.90
One Nation Joy Harris 647 0.89 −0.89
Family First Damon Fowler 579 0.80 −0.04
Liberty & Democracy Mark Dixon 243 0.33 +0.33
Socialist Equality Joe Lopez 157 0.22 +0.22
Citizens Electoral Council Norman Gay 92 0.13 −0.16
Total formal votes 72,676 95.41 +0.87
Informal votes 3,497 4.59 −0.87
Turnout 76,173 93.22 +1.04
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve Irons 36,420 50.11 +0.19
Labor Kim Wilkie 36,256 49.89 −0.19
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +0.19

2004

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2004 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Murfin 30,598 44.14 +5.16
Labor Kim Wilkie 27,675 39.92 −1.35
Greens Dave Fort 5,745 8.29 +2.41
One Nation Ted Vermeer 1,232 1.78 −2.87
Christian Democrats Gwen Hamence 1,214 1.75 +0.15
Democrats Mark Reynolds 1,133 1.63 −4.08
Independent Teresa van Lieshout 947 1.37 +1.37
Family First Peter Greaves 582 0.84 +0.84
Citizens Electoral Council Azmi Johari 198 0.29 −0.08
Total formal votes 69,324 94.54 −0.59
Informal votes 4,006 5.46 +0.59
Turnout 73,330 92.18 −2.05
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Wilkie 34,714 50.08 −1.96
Liberal Andrew Murfin 34,610 49.92 +1.96
Labor hold Swing −1.96

2001

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2001 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Wilkie 29,220 41.27 +1.13
Liberal Bev Brennan 27,597 38.98 −0.55
Greens Elena Jeffreys 4,163 5.88 +0.70
Democrats Paul McCutcheon 4,043 5.71 +0.85
One Nation Sandra Vinciullo 3,292 4.65 −3.26
Christian Democrats Colleen Tapley 1,130 1.60 +0.25
Curtin Labor Alliance Simon Makin 1,096 1.55 +1.55
Citizens Electoral Council Brian Smith 262 0.37 −0.41
Total formal votes 70,803 95.13 −0.58
Informal votes 3,628 4.87 +0.58
Turnout 74,431 94.78
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Wilkie 36,844 52.04 −0.71
Liberal Bev Brennan 33,959 47.96 +0.71
Labor hold Swing −0.71

Elections in the 1990s

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1998

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1998 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Wilkie 30,481 40.09 +3.10
Liberal Don Randall 29,848 39.26 −3.55
One Nation Richard Birchall 6,278 8.26 +8.26
Greens Juanita Miller 3,892 5.12 +0.27
Democrats Tim Fraser 3,720 4.89 −0.88
Christian Democrats Brett Crook 1,018 1.34 +1.34
Citizens Electoral Council Malcolm Talbot 584 0.77 +0.77
Natural Law Elspeth Clairs 210 0.28 −0.05
Total formal votes 76,031 95.71 −0.68
Informal votes 3,404 4.29 +0.68
Turnout 79,435 95.05 +0.52
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Wilkie 40,067 52.70 +6.33
Liberal Don Randall 35,964 47.30 −6.33
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.33

1996

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1996 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Randall 27,974 42.34 −2.87
Labor Jane Saunders 24,349 36.86 −7.15
Independent Bryan Hilbert 6,274 9.50 +9.50
Democrats Norm Kelly 3,574 5.41 +2.85
Greens Mingli Wanjurri-Nungala 3,086 4.67 −0.49
Independent John Tucak 573 0.87 +0.87
Natural Law Elspeth Clairs 235 0.36 −0.03
Total formal votes 66,065 96.45 −0.60
Informal votes 2,435 3.55 +0.60
Turnout 68,500 94.53 −0.98
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Randall 35,239 53.71 +3.93
Labor Jane Saunders 30,372 46.29 −3.93
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.93

1993

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1993 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bryan Hilbert 30,565 45.22 +7.60
Labor Kim Beazley 29,750 44.01 +3.46
Greens Andrew Thomson 3,492 5.17 −2.10
Democrats Don Millar 1,733 2.56 −5.45
Independent Andrew Caminschi 807 1.19 +1.19
Independent Luke Garswood 576 0.85 +0.85
Independent Isobel Weir 415 0.61 +0.61
Natural Law Anne Leishman 260 0.38 +0.38
Total formal votes 67,598 97.05 +1.40
Informal votes 2,056 2.95 −1.40
Turnout 69,654 95.51
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Beazley 33,917 50.22 −2.13
Liberal Bryan Hilbert 33,623 49.78 +2.13
Labor hold Swing −2.13

1990

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1990 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Beazley 26,674 40.5 −14.7
Liberal Peter Kirwan 24,743 37.6 +1.7
Democrats Alan Needham 5,274 8.0 +8.0
Greens Dee Margetts 4,777 7.3 +7.3
Grey Power Mike Hutton 2,514 3.8 +3.8
Independent Patrick Donovan 753 1.1 +1.1
Democratic Socialist Frank Noakes 500 0.8 +0.8
Independent Erica Gamble 412 0.6 +0.6
Independent Paul Auguston 134 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 65,781 95.6
Informal votes 2,992 4.4
Turnout 68,773 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Beazley 34,351 52.4 −6.2
Liberal Peter Kirwan 31,265 47.6 +6.2
Labor hold Swing −6.2

Elections in the 1980s

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1987

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1987 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Beazley 32,201 54.6 +0.4
Liberal Harry Klapp 21,555 36.5 −4.2
National Adelia Bernard 2,750 4.7 +4.7
Independent Georgina Motion 2,518 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 59,024 93.1
Informal votes 4,348 6.9
Turnout 63,372 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Beazley 34,220 58.0 +1.0
Liberal Harry Klapp 24,804 42.0 −1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0

1984

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1984 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Beazley 32,376 54.2 −4.4
Liberal Frank Hayes 24,305 40.7 +4.6
Democrats Linda Mottram 3,077 5.1 +0.8
Total formal votes 59,758 91.8
Informal votes 5,352 8.2
Turnout 65,110 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Beazley 34,044 57.0 −5.1
Liberal Frank Hayes 25,714 43.0 +5.1
Labor hold Swing −5.1

1983

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1983 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Beazley 38,908 62.7 +9.4
Liberal Jeffrey Roberts 19,825 32.0 −8.1
Democrats Kevin Trent 2,662 4.3 −1.1
Socialist Workers Linda Mere 621 1.0 −0.2
Total formal votes 62,016 97.8
Informal votes 1,391 2.2
Turnout 63,407 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Beazley 66.2 +8.6
Liberal Jeffrey Roberts 33.8 −8.6
Labor hold Swing +8.6

1980

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1980 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Beazley 32,476 53.3 +13.7
Liberal John Martyr 24,401 40.1 −2.8
Democrats Jean Ritter 3,288 5.4 −6.4
Socialist Workers Stephen Painter 750 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 60,915 97.1
Informal votes 1,790 2.9
Turnout 62,705 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Beazley 57.6 +8.1
Liberal John Martyr 42.4 −8.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.1

Elections in the 1970s

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1977

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1977 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Martyr 27,385 42.9 −3.3
Labor Patricia Fowkes 25,276 39.6 −10.2
Democrats Hubert Lennerts 7,526 11.8 +11.8
Independent William Deller 2,474 3.9 +3.9
Progress Bryan Scott-Courtland 1,194 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 63,855 95.6
Informal votes 2,936 4.4
Turnout 66,791 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Martyr 32,267 50.5 +1.0
Labor Patricia Fowkes 31,588 49.5 −1.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.0

1975

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1975 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Martyr 30,914 48.8 +9.9
Labor Adrian Bennett 29,954 47.2 −6.1
National Country Peter Masson 2,533 4.0 −2.6
Total formal votes 63,401 97.3
Informal votes 1,748 2.7
Turnout 65,149 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Martyr 33,029 52.1 +7.7
Labor Adrian Bennett 30,372 47.9 −7.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +7.7

1974

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1974 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Adrian Bennett 33,225 53.3 +4.3
Liberal Geoffrey Hale 24,251 38.9 −4.8
National Alliance Pietro Bendotti 4,087 6.6 +2.8
Australia Archelaus Marshall 814 1.3 −0.6
Total formal votes 62,377 97.2
Informal votes 1,816 2.8
Turnout 64,193 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Adrian Bennett 55.6 +3.9
Liberal Geoffrey Hale 44.4 −3.9
Labor hold Swing +3.9

1972

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1972 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Adrian Bennett 28,347 49.5 −2.7
Liberal Richard Cleaver 24,724 43.2 +1.7
Democratic Labor David Milne 2,163 3.8 −0.9
Australia Archelaus Marshall 1,075 1.9 +0.3
Independent David Smith 921 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 57,230 97.1
Informal votes 1,699 2.9
Turnout 58,929 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Adrian Bennett 52.2 −1.9
Liberal Richard Cleaver 47.8 +1.9
Labor hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1960s

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1969

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1969 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Adrian Bennett 28,960 52.2 +7.8
Liberal Richard Cleaver 22,982 41.5 −6.3
Democratic Labor Alan Crofts 2,608 4.7 −3.1
Australia Arthur Williams 879 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 55,429 97.6
Informal votes 1,344 2.4
Turnout 56,773 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Adrian Bennett 54.1 +8.3
Liberal Richard Cleaver 45.9 −8.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.3

1966

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1966 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Cleaver 25,014 47.1 −0.4
Labor Edward Gillett 23,942 45.1 −2.2
Democratic Labor Alan Crofts 4,154 7.8 +3.3
Total formal votes 53,110 96.4
Informal votes 1,963 3.6
Turnout 55,073 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Cleaver 28,440 53.5 +1.4
Labor Edward Gillett 24,670 46.5 −1.4
Liberal hold Swing +1.4

1963

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1963 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Cleaver 23,547 47.5 −1.8
Labor Joe Berinson 23,415 47.3 +4.6
Democratic Labor Gerardus Sappelli 2,253 4.5 −3.6
Independent Warwick Hill 312 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 49,527 98.1
Informal votes 937 1.9
Turnout 50,464 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Cleaver 25,799 52.1 −3.4
Labor Joe Berinson 23,728 47.9 +3.4
Liberal hold Swing −3.4

1961

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1961 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Cleaver 22,770 49.3 +0.3
Labor Ted Johnson 19,712 42.7 +3.6
Democratic Labor Terence Merchant 3,732 8.1 −3.9
Total formal votes 46,214 97.1
Informal votes 1,403 2.9
Turnout 47,617 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Cleaver 25,671 55.5 +1.9
Labor Ted Johnson 20,543 44.5 −1.9
Liberal hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1950s

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1958

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1958 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Cleaver 21,428 49.0 −8.7
Labor Keith Dowding 17,097 39.1 −3.2
Democratic Labor Charles Noonan 5,237 12.0 +12.0
Total formal votes 43,762 96.9
Informal votes 1,394 3.1
Turnout 45,156 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Cleaver 25,140 57.4 −0.3
Labor Keith Dowding 18,622 42.6 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing −0.3

1955

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1955 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Cleaver 22,268 57.7 +6.9
Labor Thomas Williams 16,314 42.3 −6.9
Total formal votes 38,582 96.4
Informal votes 1,439 3.6
Turnout 40,021 95.7
Liberal hold Swing +6.9

1954

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1954 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Webb 26,799 50.1 +5.9
Liberal Bill Grayden 25,893 48.4 −4.6
Communist Jack Marks 838 1.6 −1.2
Total formal votes 53,530 98.4
Informal votes 856 1.6
Turnout 53,386 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Harry Webb 51.6 +4.9
Liberal Bill Grayden 48.4 −4.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.9

1951

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1951 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Grayden 24,336 53.0 +0.6
Labor Harry Webb 20,258 44.2 −3.4
Communist Alex Jolly 1,280 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 45,874 97.5
Informal votes 1,155 2.5
Turnout 47,029 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Grayden 53.3 +0.9
Labor Harry Webb 46.7 −0.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1940s

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1949

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1949 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Grayden 22,821 52.4 +11.1
Labor Harry Webb 20,699 47.6 −9.1
Total formal votes 43,520 97.7
Informal votes 1,010 2.3
Turnout 44,530 95.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +10.2

1946

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1946 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Mountjoy 25,260 45.6 −4.5
Country Len Hamilton 17,223 31.1 −15.2
Independent Bill Grayden 12,856 23.2 +23.2
Total formal votes 55,339 97.2
Informal votes 1,605 2.8
Turnout 56,944 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Len Hamilton 27,790 50.2 +50.2
Labor Don Mountjoy 27,549 49.8 −3.2
Country gain from Labor Swing +3.2

1943

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1943 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Mountjoy 25,690 50.1 +21.9
Country Thomas Marwick 18,124 35.3 −17.7
Country Cecil Elsegood 5,632 11.0 +11.0
Independent John Tregenza 1,859 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 51,305 97.4
Informal votes 1,369 2.6
Turnout 52,674 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Mountjoy 53.0 +10.5
Country Thomas Marwick 47.0 −10.5
Labor gain from Country Swing +10.5

1940 by-election

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1940 Swan by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Dinan 16,729 37.4 +9.2
Country Thomas Marwick 12,354 27.6 −1.6
Country Percy Ferguson 10,628 23.8 +23.8
Independent Claude Barker 4,980 11.1 +11.1
Total formal votes 44,691 98.5
Informal votes 701 1.5
Turnout 45,392 84.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Thomas Marwick 23,537 52.3 −5.2
Labor Jim Dinan 21,154 47.3 +5.2
Country hold Swing −5.2

1940

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1940 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory 15,997 34.2 +5.1
Labor Jim Dinan 13,193 28.2 −13.7
Country Thomas Marwick 8,800 18.8 +18.8
Independent Claude Barker 7,758 16.6 +16.6
  British Israel John Tregenza 986 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 46,734 95.8
Informal votes 2,073 4.2
Turnout 48,807 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Henry Gregory 26,855 57.5 −0.6
Labor Jim Dinan 19,879 42.5 +0.6
Country hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1930s

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1937

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1937 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory 26,299 58.1 −5.9
Labor John Steele 18,951 41.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 45,250 96.5
Informal votes 1,623 3.5
Turnout 46,873 92.5
Country hold Swing −5.9

1934

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1934 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory 32,101 63.2 +8.5
Labor Frederick Law 18,713 36.8 +7.1
Total formal votes 50,814 96.0
Informal votes 2,139 4.0
Turnout 52,953 90.6
Country hold Swing −0.6

1931

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1931 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory 26,234 54.7 −45.3
Labor John Fraser 14,232 29.7 +29.7
Independent Carlyle Ferguson 4,623 9.6 +9.6
Independent Country Alfred Reynolds 2,832 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 47,921 95.7
Informal votes 2,131 4.3
Turnout 50,002 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Henry Gregory 63.8 −36.2
Labor John Fraser 36.2 +36.2
Country hold Swing −36.2

Elections in the 1920s

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1929

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1929 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory unopposed
Country hold Swing

1928

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1928 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory unopposed
Country hold Swing

1925

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1925 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory 24,978 66.2 +66.2
Labor Ben Davies 12,773 33.8 +33.8
Total formal votes 37,751 96.7
Informal votes 1,269 3.3
Turnout 39,020 88.4
Country hold Swing −33.8

1922

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1922 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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1919

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1919 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edwin Corboy 7,444 39.1 +39.1
Farmers and Settlers John Prowse 7,313 38.5 +38.5
Nationalist William Hedges 4,260 22.4 −77.6
Total formal votes 19,017 93.9
Informal votes 1,246 6.1
Turnout 20,263 65.4
Two-party-preferred result
Farmers and Settlers John Prowse 11,039 58.0 +58.0
Labor Edwin Corboy 7,978 42.0 +42.0
Farmers and Settlers gain from Labor Swing +58.0

1918 by-election

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1918 Swan by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edwin Corboy 6,540 34.4 +34.4
Farmers and Settlers Basil Murray 5,975 31.4 +31.4
Nationalist William Hedges 5,635 29.6 −70.4
Independent William Watson 884 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 19,034 99.1
Informal votes 179 0.9
Turnout 19,213 64.3
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +34.4

1917

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1917 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Sir John Forrest unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing

1914

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1914 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Forrest 15,950 59.2 +4.3
Labor Walter Peters 10,985 40.8 −4.3
Total formal votes 26,935 97.2
Informal votes 787 2.8
Turnout 27,722 72.8
Liberal hold Swing +4.3

1913

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1913 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Forrest 15,055 54.9 −1.4
Labor Peter O'Loghlen 12,379 45.1 +1.4
Total formal votes 27,434 98.6
Informal votes 396 1.4
Turnout 27,830 76.5
Liberal hold Swing −1.4

1910

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1910 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Forrest 15,012 60.2 −6.0
Labour Peter O'Loghlen 9,930 39.8 +6.0
Total formal votes 24,942 98.6
Informal votes 360 1.4
Turnout 25,302 64.3
Liberal hold Swing −2.0

Elections in the 1900s

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1906

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1906 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Western Australian Sir John Forrest 8,418 66.2 −33.8
Labour Peter O'Loghlen 4,292 33.8 +33.8
Total formal votes 12,710 96.6
Informal votes 453 3.4
Turnout 13,163 45.0
Western Australian hold Swing −33.8

1903

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1903 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Sir John Forrest unopposed
Protectionist hold Swing

1901

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1901 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Sir John Forrest unopposed
Protectionist win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Swan, WA, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
  2. ^ Swan, WA, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
  3. ^ Swan, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
  4. ^ 2013 results for Swan, AEC.
  5. ^ "2010 results for Swan". AEC.
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