1918 Flinders by-election

Victoria parliamentary no 11 May 1918 Popular Portrait of S.M. Bruce.png Stanley Bruce Nationalist Party (Australia) 14,455 64.0% 2.8pp Australian Labor Party ALP Gordon Holmes Australian Labor Party 7,740 34.3% 4.5pp MP William Irvine Nationalist Party (Australia) Stanley Baldwin Nationalist Party (Australia) 1918 Flinders by-electionApril 2024 April 2022 A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Flinders on 11 May 1918. This was triggered by the resignation of Nationalist MP Sir William Irvine to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. The Victorian Farmers' Union withdrew their candidate after extracting a promise from the Nationalist government to introduce preferential voting, although his name remained on the ballot paper.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1658747 MR. HALL RETIRES. The Argus Melbourne, Vic. 11 May 1918 13 November 2013 16 National Library of Australia The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate and future Prime Minister Stanley Bruce. Results Flinders by-election, 1918 By-Elections 1917-1919 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1917/1917repsby.txt Stanley Bruce Nationalist 14,445 64.0 +2.8 Gordon Holmes Labor 7,740 34.3 -4.5 John Hall VFU 382 1.7 +1.7 22,567 99.1 203 0.9 22,770 56.6 Nationalist +3.7 References Category:1918 elections in Australia Category:Victorian federal by-elections Category:May 1918 in Australia