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Percival Hillam Quirke (29 July 1898 – 25 March 1972) was an Australian politician. A farmer and soldier prior to entering politics, Quirke contested the normally safely conservative federal seat of Wakefield in a 1938 by-election as an independent. He finished a distant third on the primary vote, with 22.8 percent behind former Liberal and Country League Premier Richard Layton Butler and Labor challenger Sydney McHugh. However, on the second count, almost 83 percent of his preferences flowed to McHugh, enough for McHugh to decisively defeat Butler with 56 percent of the two-party vote.

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rdfs:comment	Percival Hillam Quirke (29 July 1898 – 25 March 1972) was an Australian politician. A farmer and soldier prior to entering politics, Quirke contested the normally safely conservative federal seat of Wakefield in a 1938 by-election as an independent. He finished a distant third on the primary vote, with 22.8 percent behind former Liberal and Country League Premier Richard Layton Butler and Labor challenger Sydney McHugh. However, on the second count, almost 83 percent of his preferences flowed to McHugh, enough for McHugh to decisively defeat Butler with 56 percent of the two-party vote. (en)
dcterms:subject	1898 births 1972 deaths Liberal and Country League politicians Members of the South Australian House of Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians Independent members of the Parliament of South Australia
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Premier of South Australia Electoral district of Burra Electoral district of Stanley (South Australia) Minority government 1938 Wakefield by-election Richard Layton Butler Liberal and Country League 1898 births 1972 deaths Liberal and Country League politicians Confidence and supply Thomas Playford IV 1956 South Australian state election 1962 South Australian state election 1965 South Australian state election Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) Balance of power (parliament) Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Division of Wakefield Hung parliament 20th-century Australian politicians Independent members of the Parliament of South Australia Sydney McHugh George Stanley Hawker South Australian House of Assembly Independent politician Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly Tom Stott Independent (politics)
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has abstract	Percival Hillam Quirke (29 July 1898 – 25 March 1972) was an Australian politician. A farmer and soldier prior to entering politics, Quirke contested the normally safely conservative federal seat of Wakefield in a 1938 by-election as an independent. He finished a distant third on the primary vote, with 22.8 percent behind former Liberal and Country League Premier Richard Layton Butler and Labor challenger Sydney McHugh. However, on the second count, almost 83 percent of his preferences flowed to McHugh, enough for McHugh to decisively defeat Butler with 56 percent of the two-party vote. Quirke later won the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Stanley, serving from 1941 to 1948 as a Labor member, He left Labor in 1948 and continued to contest and win the seat of Stanley as an independent. When Stanley was abolished in the redistribution preceding the 1956 election, he contested and won the seat of Burra, defeating incumbent LCL member George Hawker. He joined the LCL in 1963, continuing to hold Burra until he resigned from politics in 1968. Quirke and the other independent in the legislature, Tom Stott held the balance of power at the 1962 election. They both provided confidence and supply to the Playford Liberal and Country League (LCL) as a minority government in the hung parliament, allowing Playford to remain in power for what would be his final term. Stott became Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly following the election. In 1963 Quirke ceased being an independent, joined the LCL, and served in the Playford LCL ministry in the portfolios of Irrigation, Lands, and Repatriation until the LCL lost government at the 1965 election. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Electoral district of Burra Electoral district of Stanley (South Australia) Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1941–1944 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1944–1947 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1947–1950 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1950–1953 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1953–1956 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1956–1959 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1959–1962 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1962–1965 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1965–1968 1938 Wakefield by-election Richard Layton Butler Independent politicians in Australia Percival Quirke Thomas Playford IV Ernest Allen (Australian politician) 1950 South Australian state election 1953 South Australian state election 1956 South Australian state election 1959 South Australian state election 1962 South Australian state election 1965 South Australian state election Cecil Hincks Quirke Sydney McHugh Candidates of the 1938 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1941 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1944 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1947 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1950 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1953 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1956 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1959 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1962 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1965 South Australian state election Candidates of the 1968 South Australian state election Playmander Results of the 1938 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) Results of the 1941 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) Results of the 1944 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

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