Electoral district of Swan

This article is about the former Western Australian state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Swan. For the Legislative Council constituency (1870 to 1890), see Electoral district of Swan (Legislative Council).

Swan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950 and again from 1962 to 1983.

Swan Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1890–1950; 1962–1983
Namesake	Swan Valley

The district was located in the Swan Valley, to the east of Perth. The district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. It was abolished ahead of the 1950 election, at which point incumbent member Gerald Wild of the Liberal Party became the member for the new seat of Dale. Revived for the 1962 election, it was won by John Brady of the Labor Party, hitherto the member for Guildford-Midland. Swan was again abolished at the 1983 election, whence incumbent member Gordon Hill of the Labor Party won the new seat of Helena.

Members

Swan (1890–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	William Loton	Non-aligned	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 Nairn	Liberal	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
		LCL	1949–1950
Swan (1962–1983)
Member		Party	Term
	John Brady	Labor	1962–1974
	Jack Skidmore	Labor	1974–1981
		Independent	1981–1982
	Gordon Hill	Labor	1982–1983

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Swan