1918 Swan by-election
Results

1918 Swan by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labor	Edwin Corboy	6,540	34.4	N/A

Country	Basil Murray	5,975	31.4	N/A

Nationalist	William Hedges	5,635	29.6	N/A

Independent	William Watson	884	4.6	N/A

Turnout	19,213	64.3%

Labor gain from Nationalist	Swing	N/A

Sentence(s)

The Nationalist and Country candidates Hedges achieved 29.6% and Murray gathered 31.4% of the total; however, both were beaten by the Labor candidate Corboy, who received 34.4% of the total vote.

final_sentence: The Nationalist and Country candidates Hedges achieved 29.6% and Murray gathered 31.4% of the total; however, both were beaten by the Labor candidate Corboy, who received 34.4% of the total vote.