Electoral results for the district of Stanley (South Australia)

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

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Members for Stanley

Two members (1862–1902)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  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)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  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)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  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)
MemberPartyTerm
  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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Percy Quirke 2,95461.9+14.7
Liberal and Country Elliot Parker1,81738.1+2.6
Total formal votes4,77198.0−0.8
Informal votes982.0+0.8
Turnout 4,86996.8−0.1
Independent hold Swing +1.9
1950 South Australian state election: Stanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Percy Quirke 2,33547.2+47.2
Liberal and Country Alexander Knappstein1,75535.5-14.4
Labor Cyril Hasse85617.3-32.8
Total formal votes4,94698.8−0.1
Informal votes601.2+0.1
Turnout 5,00696.9+1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Percy Quirke 2,97060.0
Liberal and Country Alexander Knappstein1,97640.0
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Stanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Percy Quirke 2,44450.1-7.6
Liberal and Country Gordon Bails1,51231.0-11.3
Liberal and Country Douglas Hannaford92318.9+18.9
Total formal votes4,87998.9+0.6
Informal votes551.1−0.6
Turnout 4,93495.5+4.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1944 South Australian state election: Stanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Percy Quirke 2,64557.7+4.7
Liberal and Country Gordon Bails1,94042.3-4.7
Total formal votes4,58598.3−0.2
Informal votes811.7+0.2
Turnout 4,66691.4+20.8
Labor hold Swing +4.7
1941 South Australian state election: Stanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Percy Quirke 1,96153.0+53.0
Liberal and Country Henry Bohnsack1,74147.0+11.9
Total formal votes3,70298.5−0.5
Informal votes561.5+0.5
Turnout 3,75870.6−5.2
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Stanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Alexander Melrose 1,44135.1
Independent Percy Quirke 1,34432.7
Independent Liberal Samuel Dennison 1,32032.2
Total formal votes4,10599.0
Informal votes411.0
Turnout 4,14675.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alexander Melrose 2,27255.3
Independent Percy Quirke 1,83344.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

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References

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