Swan was an electoral district

Electoral districts of Western Australia

The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....

 of the Legislative Assembly

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Western Australia

Western Australia

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 from 1890 to 1950 and again from 1962 to 1983.

The district was located in the Swan Valley, to the east of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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. The district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. It was abolished ahead of the 1950 state election, at which point incumbent member Gerald Wild of the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

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 became the member for the new seat of Dale

Electoral district of Dale

Dale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1989.Dale was a predominately rural based to the east of Perth. It was a safe seat for the Liberal Party. The district was abolished ahead of the 1989 state election, whence its last...

. Revived for the 1962 state election

Western Australian state election, 1962

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, it was won by John Brady of the Labor Party

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, hitherto the member for Guildford-Midland. Swan was again abolished at the 1983 state election

Western Australian state election, 1983

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council....

, whence incumbent member Gordon Hill of the Labor Party

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 won the new seat of Helena

Electoral district of Helena

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.

Members

Swan (1890–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	William Loton William Loton Sir William Thorley Loton , was an Australian politician.-Early life:Born at Dilhorne in Staffordshire, England on 11 June 1839, William Loton was the son of publican and farmer Joseph Loton. He was educated by private tutor, but abandoned his schooling at the age of 14 to join the London firm of...		1890–1897
	Norman Ewing Norman Ewing Norman Kirkwood Ewing , Australian politician, was a member of three parliaments: the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, the Australian Senate, and the Tasmanian House of Assembly...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1897–1901
	Mathieson Jacoby	Independent	1901–1905
	Arthur Gull	Ministerial	1905–1908
	Mathieson Jacoby	Ministerial	1908–1911
	Philip Turvey	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1911–1914
	William Nairn William Nairn William Ralph Nairn was an Australian politician. He was the member for Swan in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1914 to 1921, representing the Liberal Party and then the Nationalist Party....	Liberal (WA)	1914–1917
		Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1917–1921
	Richard Sampson	Country National Party of Western Australia The National Party of Western Australia is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity....	1921–1923
		Country (MCP)	1923–1924
		Nationalist	1924–1931
		Country	1931–1944
	Ray Owen	Independent Country	1944–1947
	Gerald Wild	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1947–1950
Swan (1962–1983)
Member		Party	Term
	John Brady	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1962–1974
	John Skidmore	Labor	1974–1982
	Gordon Hill	Labor	1982–1983