1900 Victorian colonial election

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]

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 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
See also: Results of the 1900 Victorian colonial election (Legislative Assembly)
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. 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. "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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