title: Electoral results for the district of Middle Swan
text: # Electoral results for the district of Middle Swan
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Middle Swan in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Middle Swan
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | James Hegney | Labor | 1930–1947 |
  | Bill Grayden | Liberal | 1947–1949 |
  | James Hegney | Labor | 1950–1962 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1959 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 5,364 | 55.4 | -44.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Francis Wilson | 3,699 | 38.2 | +38.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Brian Peachey | 623 | 6.4 | +6.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,686 | 97.9 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 205 | 2.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,891 | 91.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | James Hegney | | 56.3 | -43.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Francis Wilson | | 43.7 | +43.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  1956 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1953 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1950 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 4,480 | 53.1 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Henry Hawkins | 3,955 | 46.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,435 | 97.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 177 | 2.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,612 | 91.7 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 4,933 | 47.1 | -2.0 |
  | | Liberal | Bill Grayden | 4,180 | 39.9 | +12.6 |
  | | Country | Mary Hamersley | 1,370 | 13.1 | +13.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,483 | 97.9 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 220 | 2.1 | -0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,703 | 85.1 | +0.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bill Grayden | 5,267 | 50.2 | +8.3 |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 5,216 | 49.8 | -8.3 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.3 | |
  
  1943 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 4,183 | 49.1 | -2.9 |
  | | Nationalist | Karl Drake-Brockman | 2,326 | 27.3 | -20.7 |
  | | Independent | Henry Hawkins | 2,004 | 23.5 | +23.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,513 | 97.3 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 236 | 2.7 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,749 | 84.5 | -4.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 4,945 | 58.1 | +6.1 |
  | | Nationalist | Karl Drake-Brockman | 3,568 | 41.9 | -6.1 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +6.1 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1939 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 4,311 | 52.0 | -6.8 |
  | | Nationalist | Karl Drake-Brockman | 3,979 | 48.0 | +6.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,290 | 97.4 | -1.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 220 | 2.6 | +1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,510 | 88.6 | +26.2 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -6.8 | |
  
  1936 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 3,061 | 58.8 | -0.6 |
  | | Nationalist | David Pyvis | 2,148 | 41.2 | +22.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,209 | 98.7 | +2.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 70 | 1.3 | -2.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,279 | 62.4 | -27.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1933 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 4,081 | 59.4 | +11.9 |
  | | Nationalist | Karl Drake-Brockman | 1,286 | 18.7 | -3.9 |
  | | Nationalist | William Southwood | 658 | 9.6 | +9.6 |
  | | Nationalist | John Pickering | 599 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
  | | Country | George Gaunt | 244 | 3.5 | -9.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,868 | 96.3 | -1.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 265 | 3.7 | +1.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,133 | 90.3 | +19.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1930 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 2,263 | 47.5 |
  | | Nationalist | Dick Ardagh | 1,076 | 22.6 |
  | | Nationalist | Albert McGilvray | 791 | 16.6 |
  | | Country | Alfred Yeates | 638 | 13.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,683 | 98.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 85 | 1.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,853 | 70.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | James Hegney | 2,532 | 53.1 |
  | | Nationalist | Dick Ardagh | 2,236 | 46.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  