Electoral results for the district of Port Pirie

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

Members for Port Pirie

Two members (1915–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Cole	Labor	1915–1917		Harry Jackson	Labor	1915–1917
		National	1917–1918			National	1917–1918
	Lionel Hill	Labor	1918–1931		John Fitzgerald	Labor	1918–1936
		Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933
	Andrew Lacey	Labor	1933–1938
					William Threadgold	Labor	1937–1938

Single-member (1938–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Lacey	Labor	1938–1946
	Charles Davis	Labor	1946–1959
	Dave McKee	Labor	1959–1970

Election Results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave McKee	4,301	69.1	−20.3
	Liberal and Country	Graham Hancock	1,378	22.1	+22.1
	Independent	Wesley Thomas	547	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			6,226	97.8	+1.0
Informal votes			141	2.2	−1.0
Turnout			6,367	95.5	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dave McKee	4,574	73.5	−0.5
	Liberal and Country	Graham Hancock	1,652	26.5	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.5

1965 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave McKee	5,468	89.4	−1.4
	Independent	Allan Mossop	649	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			6,117	96.8	−0.1
Informal votes			204	3.2	+0.1
Turnout			6,321	96.2	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.4

1962 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave McKee	5,513	90.8	+31.7
	Independent	Ralph Rinaldi	559	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			6,072	96.9	−1.0
Informal votes			195	3.1	+1.0
Turnout			6,267	94.8	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave McKee	3,757	59.1	−40.9
	Independent	Henry Welch	2,315	36.4	+36.4
	Communist	Charles McCaffrey	283	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			6,355	97.9
Informal votes			139	2.1
Turnout			6,494	95.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1956 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Davis	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1953 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Davis	5,137	65.8	−3.7
	Independent	Arthur Pickering	1,585	20.3	+20.3
	Independent	Thomas Madigan	1,089	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			7,811	95.2	+4.3
Informal votes			390	4.8	−4.3
Turnout			8,201	96.2	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1950 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Davis	4,965	69.5	−30.5
	Independent	Charles Emery	1,155	16.2	+16.2
	Independent	Leslie Kyte	1,027	14.4	+14.4
Total formal votes			7,147	90.9
Informal votes			714	9.1
Turnout			7,861	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Davis	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1944 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Lacey	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1941 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Lacey	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Lacey	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing