Electoral results for the district of Stanley (South Australia)

This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Stanley in South Australian elections.

Members for Stanley

Two members (1862–1902)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  G. S. Kingston 1862–1880   George Young 1862–1865
  H. E. Bright 1865–1875
  Charles Mann 1875–1881
  Alfred Catt 1881–1884   J. H. Howe 1881–1884
  E. W. Hawker 1884–1889   John Miller 1884–1885
  John Darling Sr. 1885–1887
  Charles Kimber 1887–1890
  P. P. Gillen 1889–1896
  John Miller 1890–1893
  E. W. Hawker Defence League 1893–1896
  W. P. Cummins 1896–1902   John Miller 1896–1902
Three members (1902–1915)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  W. P. Cummins National League 1902–1906   Alfred Catt 1902–1904   F. W. Young National League 1902–1905
  Farmers and Producers 1904–1906   Clarence Goode Labor 1905–1915
  Liberal and Democratic 1906–1907   Harry Jackson Labor 1906–1915
  K. W. Duncan Farmers and Producers 1907–1910
  William Cole Labor 1910–1915
Two members (1915–1938)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Robert Nicholls Liberal Union 1915–1923   Henry Barwell Liberal Union 1915–1923
  Liberal Federation 1923–1932   Liberal Federation 1923–1925
  John Lyons Liberal Federation 1925–1932
  Liberal and Country 1932–1938   Liberal and Country 1932–1938
Single-member (1938–1956)
Member Party Term
  Alexander Melrose Liberal and Country 1938–1941
  Percy Quirke Labor 1941–1948
  Independent 1948–1956

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1953 South Australian state election: Stanley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Percy Quirke 2,954 61.9 +14.7
Liberal and Country Elliot Parker 1,817 38.1 +2.6
Total formal votes 4,771 98.0 −0.8
Informal votes 98 2.0 +0.8
Turnout 4,869 96.8 −0.1
Independent hold Swing +1.9
1950 South Australian state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Percy Quirke 2,335 47.2 +47.2
Liberal and Country Alexander Knappstein 1,755 35.5 −14.4
Labor Cyril Hasse 856 17.3 −32.8
Total formal votes 4,946 98.8 −0.1
Informal votes 60 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 5,006 96.9 +1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Percy Quirke 2,970 60.0
Liberal and Country Alexander Knappstein 1,976 40.0
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Quirke 2,444 50.1 −7.6
Liberal and Country Gordon Bails 1,512 31.0 −11.3
Liberal and Country Douglas Hannaford 923 18.9 +18.9
Total formal votes 4,879 98.9 +0.6
Informal votes 55 1.1 −0.6
Turnout 4,934 95.5 +4.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1944 South Australian state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Quirke 2,645 57.7 +4.7
Liberal and Country Gordon Bails 1,940 42.3 −4.7
Total formal votes 4,585 98.3 −0.2
Informal votes 81 1.7 +0.2
Turnout 4,666 91.4 +20.8
Labor hold Swing +4.7
1941 South Australian state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Quirke 1,961 53.0 +53.0
Liberal and Country Henry Bohnsack 1,741 47.0 +11.9
Total formal votes 3,702 98.5 −0.5
Informal votes 56 1.5 +0.5
Turnout 3,758 70.6 −5.2
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alexander Melrose 1,441 35.1
Independent Percy Quirke 1,344 32.7
Independent Liberal Samuel Dennison 1,320 32.2
Total formal votes 4,105 99.0
Informal votes 41 1.0
Turnout 4,146 75.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alexander Melrose 2,272 55.3
Independent Percy Quirke 1,833 44.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

References

  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
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