1918 Flinders by-election

1918 Flinders by-election
11 May 1918
  First party Second party
 
ALP
Candidate Stanley Bruce Gordon Holmes
Party Nationalist Labor
Popular vote 14,455 7,740
Percentage 64.0% 34.3%
Swing 2.8pp 4.5pp
MP before election

William Irvine
Nationalist

 Elected MP

Stanley Baldwin
Nationalist

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Flinders on 11 May 1918. This was triggered by the resignation of Nationalist MP Sir William Irvine to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

The Victorian Farmers' Union withdrew their candidate after extracting a promise from the Nationalist government to introduce preferential voting, although his name remained on the ballot paper. The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate and future Prime Minister Stanley Bruce.

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