title: 1901 West Adelaide state by-election
text: # 1901 West Adelaide state by-election
  
  The 1901 West Adelaide state by-election was a by-election held on 1 June 1901 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of West Adelaide.
  
  ## Results
  
  The by-election was triggered by the election of West Adelaide MHA and former Labor leader Lee Batchelor to the inaugural Australian House of Representatives at the 1901 federal election. Although Labor candidate James Healey was favoured to succeed Batchelor, he was defeated by City of Adelaide councillor and Catholic community figure Francis Bernard Keogh.
  
  West Adelaide state by-election, 1 June 1901 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | Francis Bernard Keogh | 764 | 28.9 |
  | | Labor | James Healey | 600 | 22.7 |
  | | | Alfred Myers | 567 | 21.4 |
  | | | Robert Charles Bustard | 318 | 12.0 |
  | | | George Hussey | 235 | 8.9 |
  | | | Edward Alfred Henry Madge | 97 | 3.7 |
  | | | John Sprod | 24 | 0.9 |
  | | | John O'Connell | 16 | 0.6 |
  | | | Joseph William Gilbert Alford | 14 | 0.5 |
  | | | James Robert Scott | 10 | 0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,645 | 97.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 70 | 2.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,715 | 38.4 |
  | | Independent gain from Labor | Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
  