Electoral results for the district of Yorke Peninsula

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

Members for Yorke Peninsula

Two members (1884–1902)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  William Beaglehole 1884–1887   Robert Caldwell 1884–1890
  Harry Bartlett 1887–1896  
  Henry Lamshed 1890–1893
  Arthur Short 1893–1896
  John Shannon 1896–1902   William Copley National League 1896–1902
Two members (1915–1938)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Peter Allen Liberal Union 1915–1923   Henry Tossell Liberal Union 1915–1923
  Liberal Federation 1923–1925   Liberal Federation 1923–1930
  Edward Giles Liberal Federation 1926–1932
  Baden Pattinson Liberal Federation 1930–1932
  Liberal and Country 1932–1933   Liberal and Country 1932–1938
  Daniel Davies Independent 1933–1938
Single member (1938–1970)
Member Party Term
  Daniel Davies Independent 1938–1941
  Cecil Hincks Liberal and Country 1941–1963
  James Ferguson Liberal and Country 1963–1970

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country James Ferguson 4,651 74.9 +5.4
Labor Leo Travis 1,563 25.2 −5.4
Total formal votes 6,214 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 99 1.6 −0.2
Turnout 6,313 96.3 −1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.4
1965 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country James Ferguson 4,276 69.5 −30.5
Labor Michael Kennedy 1,875 30.5 +30.5
Total formal votes 6,151 98.2
Informal votes 111 1.8
Turnout 6,262 97.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1962 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1956 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1953 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1950 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1944 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1941 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks 2,286 53.9 +10.2
Independent Daniel Davies 1,365 32.2 −24.1
Labor Herman Dolling 593 14.0 +14.0
Total formal votes 4,244 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 39 0.9 0.0
Turnout 4,283 65.3 −8.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Daniel Davies 2,725 56.3
Liberal and Country Alexander Ferguson 2,114 43.7
Total formal votes 4,839 99.1
Informal votes 44 0.9
Turnout 4,883 73.4
Independent hold Swing

References

  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
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