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

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