# Electoral results for the district of Port Pirie

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

## Members for Port Pirie

Two members (1915–1938) :
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| William Cole | Labor | 1915–1917 | Harry Jackson | Labor | 1915–1917 |
| William Cole | National | 1917–1918 | Harry Jackson | National | 1917–1918 |
| Lionel Hill | Labor | 1918–1931 | John Fitzgerald | Labor | 1918–1936 |
| Lionel Hill | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | John Fitzgerald | Labor | 1918–1936 |
| Andrew Lacey | Labor | 1933–1938 | John Fitzgerald | Labor | 1918–1936 |
| Andrew Lacey | Labor | 1933–1938 | William Threadgold | Labor | 1937–1938 |
Single-member (1938–1970) :
| Member | Party | Term |
| Andrew Lacey | Labor | 1938–1946 |
| Charles Davis | Labor | 1946–1959 |
| Dave McKee | Labor | 1959–1970 |

## Election Results
### Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Dave McKee | 4,301 | 69.1 | -20.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Graham Hancock | 1,378 | 22.1 | +22.1 |
| | Independent | Wesley Thomas | 547 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,226 | 97.8 | +1.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 141 | 2.2 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,367 | 95.5 | −0.7 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Dave McKee | 4,574 | 73.5 | -0.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | Graham Hancock | 1,652 | 26.5 | +0.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -0.5 | |
1965 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Dave McKee | 5,468 | 89.4 | -1.4 |
| | Independent | Allan Mossop | 649 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,117 | 96.8 | −0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 204 | 3.2 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,321 | 96.2 | +1.4 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.4 | |
1962 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Dave McKee | 5,513 | 90.8 | +31.7 |
| | Independent | Ralph Rinaldi | 559 | 9.2 | +9.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,072 | 96.9 | −1.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 195 | 3.1 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,267 | 94.8 | −0.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Dave McKee | 3,757 | 59.1 | -40.9 |
| | Independent | Henry Welch | 2,315 | 36.4 | +36.4 |
| | Communist | Charles McCaffrey | 283 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,355 | 97.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 139 | 2.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,494 | 95.5 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1956 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Charles Davis | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1953 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Charles Davis | 5,137 | 65.8 | -3.7 |
| | Independent | Arthur Pickering | 1,585 | 20.3 | +20.3 |
| | Independent | Thomas Madigan | 1,089 | 13.9 | +13.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,811 | 95.2 | +4.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 390 | 4.8 | −4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,201 | 96.2 | +1.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1950 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Charles Davis | 4,965 | 69.5 | -30.5 |
| | Independent | Charles Emery | 1,155 | 16.2 | +16.2 |
| | Independent | Leslie Kyte | 1,027 | 14.4 | +14.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,147 | 90.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 714 | 9.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,861 | 95.0 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Charles Davis | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1944 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Andrew Lacey | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1941 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Andrew Lacey | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Andrew Lacey | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |