1914 Adelaide by-election

A 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 League^[1] 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^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Edwin Yates	10,418	84.33	+18.18
	Single Tax League	Edward Craigie	1,936	15.67	+11.21
Total formal votes			12,354	99.26	+5.57
Informal votes			92	0.74	−5.57
Registered electors			33,662
Turnout			12,446	36.97	−38.96
	Labor hold		Swing	+18.18

^ "House of Representatives by-elections, 1901-2009" (PDF). Australian Parliament House. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
^ "By-Elections 1913-1914". Psephos.
^ Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82. Canberra: Australian Electoral Office. 1983.

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