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

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