1940 Swan by-election

1940 Swan by-election

21 December 1940

First party Second party   ALP Candidate Thomas Marwick Jim Dinan Party Country Labor Popular vote 12,354 16,729 Percentage 27.6% 37.4% Swing 1.6pp 9.2pp TPP 52.3% 47.3% TPP swing 5.2pp 5.2pp   Third party Fourth party   IND Candidate Percy Ferguson Claude Barker Party Country Independent Popular vote 10,628 4,980 Percentage 23.8% 11.1% Swing 23.8pp 11.1pp

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

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