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

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

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

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

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

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