1914 Adelaide by-election

March 2024 April 2022 1914 Adelaide by-election 15.67% Australian Labor Party 36.97% ( 38.96) 1914 1914 Australian federal election 10 January 1914 1913 1913 Australian federal election Parliamentary Division of Adelaide (SA) in the House of Representatives 33,662 George Edwin Yates 84.33% Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party no George Edwin Yates Ernest Roberts MP 11.21 1,936 George Yates - Broothorn Studios (cropped).jpg 130 130 170 0 0 center Single Tax League Portrait of Mr Edward John Craigie - Politician - Biographical Register, page 51(GN03417).jpg 160 130 170 30 15 center Edward Craigie 18.18 10,418 Australia F29CB9A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Adelaide on 10 January 1914. This was triggered by the death of Labor Party MP Ernest Roberts. The by-election was won by Labor Party candidate George Edwin Yates. Single Tax LeagueHouse of Representatives by-elections, 1901-2009 Australian Parliament House http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2010-11/11rp02.pdf 2011-06-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110116045037/http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/rp/2010-11/11rp02.pdf 2011-01-16 candidate Edward Craigie had previously contested the seat at the 1913 federal election as an independent candidate, achieving 4.6 percent of the vote. Voting was not compulsory in 1914. Results 1914 Adelaide by-election By-Elections 1913-1914 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1913/1913repsby.txt Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82 1983 Australian Electoral Office Canberra George Edwin Yates Labor 10,418 84.33 +18.18 Edward Craigie Single Tax League 1,936 15.67 +11.21 12,354 99.26 +5.57 92 0.74 −5.57 12,446 36.97 −38.96 Labor +18.18 See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Category:1914 elections in Australia Category:South Australian federal by-elections Category:1910s in Adelaide