Electoral results for the district of Burra

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

Members for Burra

First incarnation (1875–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Ben Rounsevell		1875–1890		Rowland Rees		1875–1881
					Ebenezer Ward		1881–1884
					John Cockburn		1884–1887
					Frederick Holder		1887–1901
	George Lake		1890–1896
	Charles Goode	National League	1896–1899
	Ben Rounsevell	National League	1899–1902
					William Russell	Labor	1901–1902

Second incarnation (1938–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Archibald McDonald	Liberal and Country	1938–1947
	George Hawker	Liberal and Country	1947–1956
	Percy Quirke	Independent	1956–1963
		Liberal and Country	1963–1968
	Ernest Allen	Liberal and Country	1968–1970

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ernest Allen	3,131	56.9	−5.4
	Labor	John Phelan	1,767	32.1	−5.6
	Democratic Labor	William Ahern	602	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			5,500	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			70	1.3	−0.1
Turnout			5,570	96.4	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ernest Allen	3,643	66.2	+3.9
	Labor	John Phelan	1,857	33.8	−3.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+3.9

1965 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Percy Quirke	3,467	62.3	+18.8
	Labor	John Phelan	2,101	37.7	+37.7
Total formal votes			5,568	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			78	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			5,646	95.9	+0.2
	Liberal and Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

1962 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Percy Quirke	3,218	56.5	+4.4
	Liberal and Country	John Bailey	2,481	43.5	−4.4
Total formal votes			5,699	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			67	1.2	−0.1
Turnout			5,766	95.7	−0.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+4.4

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Percy Quirke	3,047	52.1	+0.9
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Gilfillan	2,806	47.9	−0.9
Total formal votes			5,853	98.7	−0.2
Informal votes			75	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			5,928	95.9	+0.8
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.9

1956 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Percy Quirke	3,015	51.2
	Liberal and Country	George Hawker	2,876	48.8
Total formal votes			5,891	98.9
Informal votes			67	1.1
Turnout			5,958	95.1
	Independent gain from Liberal and Country		Swing

1953 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Hawker	2,478	59.4	−1.9
	Labor	Even George	1,697	40.6	+1.9
Total formal votes			4,175	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			41	1.0	0.0
Turnout			4,216	97.2	+2.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.9

1950 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Hawker	2,633	61.3	+2.8
	Labor	Even George	1,661	38.7	−2.8
Total formal votes			4,294	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			44	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			4,338	94.7	−0.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Hawker	2,566	58.5	+2.8
	Labor	Michael Cronin	1,819	41.5	−2.8
Total formal votes			4,385	98.8	+1.2
Informal votes			52	1.2	−1.2
Turnout			4,437	95.3	+5.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+2.8

1944 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Archibald McDonald	2,265	55.7	−2.4
	Labor	Ellis Bristow	1,803	44.3	+2.4
Total formal votes			4,068	97.6	−0.7
Informal votes			99	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			4,167	90.0	+28.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−2.4

1941 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Archibald McDonald	1,744	58.1	+19.0
	Labor	Thomas Canny	1,260	41.9	+11.7
Total formal votes			3,004	98.3	−0.5
Informal votes			53	1.7	+0.5
Turnout			3,057	61.5	−13.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Archibald McDonald	1,530	39.1
	Labor	Thomas Canny	1,181	30.2
	Independent	Even George	742	19.0
	Independent	Maurice Collins	456	11.7
Total formal votes			3,909	98.8
Informal votes			48	1.2
Turnout			3,957	75.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Archibald McDonald	2,305	59.0
	Labor	Thomas Canny	1,604	41.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing