title: Electoral results for the district of Stirling (South Australia)
text: # Electoral results for the district of Stirling (South Australia)
  
  This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Stirling in South Australian elections.
  
  ## Members for Stirling
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Herbert Dunn | Independent | 1938–1940 |
  | Herbert Dunn | Liberal and Country | 1940–1952 |
  | William Jenkins | Liberal and Country | 1952–1963 |
  | William McAnaney | Liberal and Country | 1963–1970 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1968 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | William McAnaney | 5,124 | 72.0 | +1.1 |
  | | Labor | Glenton Gregory | 1,989 | 28.0 | -1.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,113 | 98.3 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 122 | 1.7 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,235 | 96.3 | -0.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
  
  1965 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | William McAnaney | 4,906 | 70.9 | +4.7 |
  | | Labor | Allan Stevens | 2,011 | 29.1 | +29.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,917 | 99.0 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 102 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,989 | 96.5 | +0.4 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1962 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | William Jenkins | 4,497 | 66.2 | -33.8 |
  | | Independent | Clifford Thorpe | 2,293 | 33.8 | +33.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,790 | 98.5 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 102 | 1.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,892 | 96.1 | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1959 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | William Jenkins | unopposed | | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  1956 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | William Jenkins | unopposed | | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  1953 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | William Jenkins | 3,507 | 52.9 | -3.7 |
  | | Independent | William McAnaney | 2,141 | 32.3 | 32.3 |
  | | Independent | Orlando Hutchinson | 985 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,633 | 97.6 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 161 | 2.4 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,794 | 97.0 | +1.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1950 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Herbert Dunn | 3,711 | 56.6 | -43.4 |
  | | Independent | William Jenkins | 2,844 | 43.4 | +43.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,555 | 98.3 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 115 | 1.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,670 | 95.2 | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Herbert Dunn | unopposed | | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  1944 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Herbert Dunn | 2,996 | 54.2 | +25.2 |
  | | Labor | J McTier | 1,284 | 23.2 | +23.2 |
  | | Independent | S D Bruce | 1,248 | 22.6 | +22.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,528 | 97.4 | -1.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 148 | 2.6 | +1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,676 | 91.1 | +33.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country gain from Independent | Liberal and Country gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Sitting MP for Stirling, Herbert Dunn had been elected as an Independent in the previous election, but joined the LCL before this election.
  
  1941 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Herbert Dunn | 1,306 | 35.9 | -1.1 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Alick Fuller | 1,057 | 29.0 | +0.9 |
  | | Independent | Frederick Keen | 1,040 | 28.6 | +28.6 |
  | | Independent | Lindsay Yelland | 240 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,643 | 98.7 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 47 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,690 | 57.6 | -10.6 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Herbert Dunn | 2,113 | 58.0 | +2.3 |
  | | Independent | Frederick Keen | 1,530 | 42.0 | +42.0 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1938 South Australian state election: Stirling :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Samuel Pearce | 1,597 | 37.0 |
  | | Independent | Herbert Dunn | 1,503 | 34.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Percy Heggaton | 1,214 | 28.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,314 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 58 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,372 | 68.2 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Herbert Dunn | 2,401 | 55.7 |
  | | Independent | Samuel Pearce | 1,913 | 44.3 |
  | | Independent gain from Liberal and Country | Independent gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | |
  