Electoral results for the district of Stanley (South Australia)
Appearance
This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Stanley in South Australian elections.
Members for Stanley
[edit]Two members (1862–1902) | |||||||
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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) | |||||||||||
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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) | |||||||
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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) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Alexander Melrose | Liberal and Country | 1938–1941 | |
Percy Quirke | Labor | 1941–1948 | |
Independent | 1948–1956 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | K.A. |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | K.A. |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | K.A. |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]- ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4