<page_title> 1918 Swan by-election </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Labor <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Edwin Corboy <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 34.4 <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Country <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Basil Murray <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 31.4 <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nationalist <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> William Hedges <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 29.6 <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> </table>
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.