Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Swan, Western Australia
The Division of Swan was created in 1901. It is named for the Swan River (named Swarte Swaene-Revier by Willem de Vlamingh in 1697).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams
1906: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams
1913: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams
1922: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan
1937: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan
1949: Belmont, Guildford, South Perth, Victoria Park
1955: Belmont, South Perth, Victoria Park
1969: Belmont, Bentley, Rivervale, Victoria Park
1974: Belmont, Como, Midland, Rivervale
1977: Belmont, Riverdale, South Perth, Victoria Park
1980: Bassendean, Belmont, Riverdale, South Perth
1984: Belmont, Riverdale, South Perth, Victoria Park
1990: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park
1998: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park
2001: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park
2010: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park
2016: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park
2021: Belmont, Cannington, Forrestfield, South Perth
2025: Belmont, Cannington, South Perth, Welshpool
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist unopposed
1903: Protectionist unopposed
1906: West Aust Party 16.2
1910: Liberal 10.2
1913: Liberal 09.2
1914: Independent 01.0
1917: Nationalist unopposed
1918b: Labor 01.5
1919: Country Party 08.0
1922: Country Party unopposed
1925: Country Party 16.2
1928: Country Party unopposed
1929: Country Party unopposed
1931: Country Party 13.8
1934: Country Party 13.2
1937: Country Party 08.1
1940: Country Party 07.5
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1940b: Country Party 02.3
1943: Labor 03.0
1946: Liberal 00.2
1949: Liberal 02.4
1951: Liberal 03.3
1954: Liberal 01.6
1955: Liberal 07.7
1958: Liberal 07.4
1961: Liberal 05.5
1963: Liberal 02.1
1966: Liberal 03.5
1969: Labor 04.1
1972: Labor 02.2
1974: Labor 05.6
1975: Liberal 02.1
1977: Liberal 00.5
1980: Labor 07.6
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1983: Labor 16.2
1984: Labor 07.0
1987: Labor 08.0
1990: Labor 02.4
1993: Labor 00.2
1996: Liberal 03.7
1998: Labor 02.7
2001: Labor 02.0
2004: Labor 00.1
2007: Liberal 00.1
2010: Liberal 02.5
2013: Liberal 06.5
2016: Liberal 03.6
2019: Liberal 02.7
2022: Labor 08.8
2025: Labor 14.0
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Swan at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR SWAN
Rt Hon Sir John Forrest (Prot, WAP, Lib, Nat) 1901-18
Edwin Corboy (ALP) 1918b-19
John Prowse (CP) 1919-22
Henry Gregory (CP) 1922-40
Thomas Marwick (CP, Ind) 1940b-43
Donald Mountjoy (ALP) 1943-46
Leonard Hamilton (CP) 1946-49
Bill Grayden (Lib) 1949-54
Harry Webb (ALP) 1954-55
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Richard Cleaver (Lib) 1955-69
Adrian Bennett (ALP) 1969-75
John Martyr (Lib) 1975-80
Hon Kim Beazley (ALP) 1980-96
Don Randall (Lib) 1996-98
Kim Wilkie (ALP) 1998-2007
Hon Steve Irons (Lib) 2007-22
Zaneta Mascarenhas (ALP) 2022-
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Rt Hon Sir John Forrest (Prot, WAP,
Lib, Nat) 1901-18 |
Edwin Corboy (ALP) 1918-19 |
John Prowse (CP) 1919-22 |
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| Henry Gregory (CP) 1922-40 |
Thomas Marwick (CP, Ind) 1940-43 |
Donald Mountjoy (ALP) 1943-46 |
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| Leonard Hamilton (CP) 1946-49 |
Bill Grayden (Lib) 1949-54 |
Harry Webb (ALP) 1954-55 |
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| Richard Cleaver (Lib) 1955-69 |
Adrian Bennett (ALP) 1969-75 |
John Martyr (Lib) 1975-80 |
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| Hon Kim Beazley (ALP) 1980-96 |
Don Randall (Lib) 1996-98 |
Kim Wilkie (ALP) 1998-2007 |
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| Hon Steve Irons (Lib) 2007-22 |
Zaneta Mascarenas (ALP) 2022- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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