Adelaide by-election, 1908
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A 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 Party
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.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
was held for the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
seat of Adelaide
Division of Adelaide
The Division of Adelaide is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital. The seat has always been based in the inner suburbs of Adelaide...
on 13 June 1908. This was triggered by the death of former Premier of South Australia and federal Protectionist Party
Protectionist Party
The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in...
MP Charles Kingston
Charles Kingston
Charles Cameron Kingston, Australian politician, was an early liberal Premier of South Australia serving from 1893 to 1899 with the support of Labor led by John McPherson from 1893 and Lee Batchelor from 1897 in the House of Assembly, winning the 1893, 1896, and 1899 state elections against the...
.
The by-election was won by Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
candidate Ernest Roberts
Ernest Roberts (Australian politician)
Ernest Alfred Roberts was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives.Roberts was born in London and educated in Guernsey. He became a sailor and then travelled to Queensland in 1886...
, 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.