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
George Edwin Yates (14 May 1871 – 16 July 1959), often referred to as Gunner Yates, was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1914 to 1919 and from 1922 to 1931, repr ...
.
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
See also
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List of Australian federal by-elections
References
{{Aus by-elections 5th parl
1914 elections in Australia
South Australian federal by-elections
1910s in Adelaide