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.
[1][2] 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.
[3] 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.
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