A by-election for the seat of Swan in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 29 April 1944.
The election was won by Ray Owen, who finished with 60.0 of the two-candidate-preferred vote standing as an "Independent Country" candidate.
A member of the Country Party, Richard Sampson had held Swan since the 1921 state election, and briefly served as a minister under James Mitchell.
[2] Owen joined three other independents in parliament (Horace Berry, Lionel Kelly, and Harry Shearn), although Labor's comfortable majority meant they had little influence.
He joined the Country Party in 1949, and at the 1950 state election won the seat of Darling Range, which he would hold until 1962.