1901 Flinders state by-election

April 2022 The 1901 Flinders state by-election was a by-election held on 8 June 1901 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Flinders.http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480 History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006 Volume 1: ECSA 2016-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093736/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480 2014-03-02 dead Results The by-election was triggered by the election of Flinders MHA Alexander Poynton to the inaugural Australian House of Representatives at the 1901 federal election. It was won by former Flinders MHA William Tennant Mortlock, who had been unexpectedly defeated at the 1899 general election, defeating future MHA Arthur Hugh Inkster.http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 to 2009 14 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20110312023915/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf 2011-03-12 dead https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166449248 A Progressive Politician Quiz and The Lantern Adelaide, SA 2 November 1899 15 January 2016 4 National Library of Australia Flinders state by-election, 8 June 1901 William Tennant Mortlock 727 43.7 Arthur Hugh Inkster 558 33.5 Robert Bruce 379 22.8 See also List of South Australian state by-elections References Category:South Australian state by-elections Category:1901 elections in Australia Category:1900s in South Australia