1908 Adelaide by-election

March 2024 April 2022 1908 Adelaide by-election 51.17% Labour Ernest Roberts Protectionist Party Charles Kingston MP 48.83 48.83% 4,887 Independent Anti-Socialist Independent Anti-Socialist 125px Alexander McLachlan 51.17 5,121 Australia Labour 125px Ernest Roberts The Adelaide seat in the House of Representatives 29,874 10,068 (33.70%) 1910 1910 Australian federal election 13 June 1908 1906 1906 Australian federal election no Parliamentary DE3533A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Adelaide on 13 June 1908. This was triggered by the death of former Premier of South Australia and federal Protectionist Party MP Charles Kingston. The by-election was won by Labor candidate Ernest Roberts, after the seat was previously won uncontested by Kingston at the 1903 and 1906 elections. Voting was not compulsory in 1908. Alexander McLachlan was an independent Anti-Socialist Party candidate. Results Adelaide by-election, 1908 By-Elections 1906-1910 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1906/1906repsby.txt Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82 1983 Australian Electoral Office Canberra Ernest Roberts Labour 5,121 51.17 +51.17 Alexander McLachlan Independent Anti-Socialist 4,887 48.83 +48.83 10,008 99.40 N/A 60 0.60 N/A 29,874 10,068 33.70 N/A Labour Protectionist No See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Category:1908 elections in Australia Category:South Australian federal by-elections Category:1900s in Adelaide Category:20th century in Adelaide Category:June 1908 in Australia