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
		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		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			7,113	98.3	-0.7
Informal votes			122	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			7,235	96.3	-0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.1

1965 South Australian state election: Stirling

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			6,917	99.0	+0.5
Informal votes			102	1.5	-0.5
Turnout			6,989	96.5	+0.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1962 South Australian state election: Stirling

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			6,790	98.5
Informal votes			102	1.5
Turnout			6,892	96.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William Jenkins	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1956 South Australian state election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William Jenkins	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1953 South Australian state election: Stirling

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			6,633	97.6	-0.7
Informal votes			161	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			6,794	97.0	+1.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1950 South Australian state election: Stirling

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			6,555	98.3
Informal votes			115	1.7
Turnout			6,670	95.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Dunn	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1944 South Australian state election: Stirling

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			5,528	97.4	-1.3
Informal votes			148	2.6	+1.3
Turnout			5,676	91.1	+33.5
	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		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			3,643	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			47	1.3	0.0
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		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Stirling

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			4,314	98.7
Informal votes			58	1.3
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		Swing