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1940 Swan by-election

Australian federal by-election

Summary

Australian federal by-election

Field	Value
country	Western Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
election_date	21 December 1940
vote_type	Popular
image1	Thomas William Marwick.JPG
candidate1	Thomas Marwick
party1	Country
popular_vote1	12,354
percentage1	27.6%
swing1	1.6pp
image2
candidate2	Jim Dinan
party2	Australian Labor Party
popular_vote2	16,729
percentage2	37.4%
swing2	9.2pp
title	MP
before_election	Henry Gregory
before_party	Country
after_election	Thomas Marwick
after_party	Country
election_name	1940 Swan by-election
1data2	47.3%
2blank	TPP swing
2data1	5.2pp
2data2	5.2pp
1data1	52.3%
1blank	TPP
image4	Percy Ferguson.jpg
candidate4	Percy Ferguson
party4	Country
popular_vote4	10,628
percentage4	23.8%
swing4	23.8pp
image5
candidate5	Claude Barker
party5	Independent
popular_vote5	4,980
percentage5	11.1%
swing5	11.1pp
colour5	888888

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

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References

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