Swan Seat Retained by Government
INDEPENDENT HOLDS BALANCE OF POWER Received Saturday, 1.14 a.m. PERTH, Jan. 3. The Country Party candidate (Mr. T. W. Marwick) won the Swan seat for the Federal Government with a majority of 2383 over the official Labour candidate (Mr. I. Dinau.) Thus the state of the parties iu the Federal House of Representatives, including the Victorian Independent (Mr. Coles) as a Gov ernment supporter, will be; United Australia and Country Parties combined 37; Labour combined 36; Independent Victorian (Mr. Wilson) 1. Mr. Wilson will continue to hold tho balance of power in the House of Representatives.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 5
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