title: Electoral results for the district of Stanley (South Australia)
text: # 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 | Term | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | G. S. Kingston | 1862–1880 | George Young | | 1862–1865 |
  | G. S. Kingston | 1862–1880 | H. E. Bright | | 1865–1875 |
  | G. S. Kingston | 1862–1880 | Charles Mann | | 1875–1881 |
  | Alfred Catt | 1881–1884 | J. H. Howe | | 1881–1884 |
  | E. W. Hawker | 1884–1889 | John Miller | | 1884–1885 |
  | E. W. Hawker | 1884–1889 | John Darling Sr. | | 1885–1887 |
  | E. W. Hawker | 1884–1889 | Charles Kimber | | 1887–1890 |
  | P. P. Gillen | 1889–1896 | Charles Kimber | | 1887–1890 |
  | P. P. Gillen | 1889–1896 | John Miller | | 1890–1893 |
  | P. P. Gillen | 1889–1896 | 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 |
  | W. P. Cummins | National League | 1902–1906 | Alfred Catt | Farmers and Producers | 1904–1906 | Clarence Goode | Labor | 1905–1915 |
  | W. P. Cummins | Liberal and Democratic | 1906–1907 | Harry Jackson | Labor | 1906–1915 | Clarence Goode | Labor | 1905–1915 |
  | K. W. Duncan | Farmers and Producers | 1907–1910 | Harry Jackson | Labor | 1906–1915 | Clarence Goode | Labor | 1905–1915 |
  | William Cole | Labor | 1910–1915 | Harry Jackson | Labor | 1906–1915 | Clarence Goode | Labor | 1905–1915 |
  
  Two members (1915–1938) :
  
  | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert Nicholls | Liberal Union | 1915–1923 | Henry Barwell | Liberal Union | 1915–1923 |
  | Robert Nicholls | Liberal Federation | 1923–1932 | Henry Barwell | Liberal Federation | 1923–1925 |
  | Robert Nicholls | Liberal Federation | 1923–1932 | John Lyons | Liberal Federation | 1925–1932 |
  | Robert Nicholls | Liberal and Country | 1932–1938 | John Lyons | Liberal and Country | 1932–1938 |
  
  Single-member (1938–1956) :
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alexander Melrose | Liberal and Country | 1938–1941 |
  | Percy Quirke | Labor | 1941–1948 |
  | Percy Quirke | Independent | 1948–1956 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1953 South Australian state election: Stanley :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,771 | 98.0 | -0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 98 | 2.0 | +0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,869 | 96.8 | -0.1 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
  
  1950 South Australian state election: Stanley :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,946 | 98.8 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 60 | 1.2 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 South Australian state election: Stanley :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,879 | 98.9 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 55 | 1.1 | -0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,934 | 95.5 | +4.1 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1944 South Australian state election: Stanley :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,585 | 98.3 | -0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 81 | 1.7 | +0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,666 | 91.4 | +20.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +4.7 | |
  
  1941 South Australian state election: Stanley :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,702 | 98.5 | -0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 56 | 1.5 | +0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,758 | 70.6 | -5.2 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1938 South Australian state election: Stanley :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,105 | 99.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 41 | 1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |
  