1900 Victorian colonial election
1 November 1900
All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader George Turner Allan McLean
Party Liberal Ministerial
Leader's seat St Kilda Gippsland North
Last election 0[lower-alpha 1] 55[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 44 24
Seat change Increase 44 Decrease 31
Premier before election

Allan McLean
Ministerial

 Elected Premier

George Turner
Liberal

The 1900 Victorian colonial election was held on 1 November 1900 to elect the 18th Parliament of Victoria. All 95 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election.[1]

The incumbent Ministerialist government, led by Allan McLean, was defeated and a Liberal government was formed with George Turner as Premier. Turner had previously served as premier from 1894 until 1899.[1][2][3]

This was the first election in Victoria that used first-past-the-post following the abolition of plural voting. People who lived in one electorate and owned property in another were still able to choose which electorate they voted in.[1]

This was also the last election in Victoria before federation in 1901, when it became a state.

Results

Legislative Assembly (FPTP)[lower-alpha 1][1]
Party Votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 80,536 50.61 +50.61 44 Increase 44
  Ministerial 37,048 23.28 −40.41 24 Decrease 31
  Conservative 23,596 14.83 −10.16 18 Decrease 14
  United Labour 17,952 11.28 +0.84 9 Increase 1
 Formal votes 159,132
 Informal votes 678
 Total 159,810 95
 Registered voters / turnout 280,810 63.41

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 At the 1897 election, the Liberal Ministerialists won 55 seats with 64.39% of the total vote. Additionally, the Oppositionists - which won 32 seats with 24.99% of the vote - were largely made up of Conservatives.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT ELECTED 1 NOVEMBER 1900". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
  2. ↑ Serle, Geoffrey. "Turner, Sir George (1851 - 1916)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
  3. ↑ "Allan McLean". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
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