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1914 Adelaide by-election

FieldValue
election_name1914 Adelaide by-election
percentage215.67%
party1Australian Labor Party
turnout36.97% ( 38.96)
next_year1914
next_election1914 Australian federal election
election_date10 January 1914
previous_year1913
previous_election1913 Australian federal election
typeParliamentary
seats_for_electionDivision of Adelaide (SA) in the House of Representatives
registered33,662
candidate1George Edwin Yates
percentage184.33%
after_partyAustralian Labor Party
before_partyAustralian Labor Party
ongoingno
after_electionGeorge Edwin Yates
before_electionErnest Roberts
titleMP
swing211.21
popular_vote21,936
image1
party2Single Tax League
image2
candidate2Edward Craigie
swing118.18
popular_vote110,418
countryAustralia
colour2F29CB9

The by-election was won by Labor Party candidate George Edwin Yates. Single Tax League 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

References

References

  1. "House of Representatives by-elections, 1901-2009". [[Australian Parliament House]].
  2. (1983). "Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82". Australian Electoral Office.
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