1900 Victorian colonial election

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1900 Victorian colonial election
Flag of Victoria (1877-1901).svg
  1897 1 November 1900 1902  

All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
48 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Georgeturner.jpg 19Allanmclean.jpg
Leader George Turner Allan McLean
Party Liberal Ministerialist
Leader's seat St Kilda Gippsland North
Last election0 [a] 55 [a]
Seats won4424
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 44Decrease2.svg 31

Premier before election

Allan McLean
Ministerialist

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]

Contents

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 Australian federation in 1901, when it became a state.

Results

Legislative Assembly (FPTP) [a] [1]
PartyVotes %SwingSeatsChange
  Liberal 80,53650.61+50.6144Increase2.svg 44
  Ministerialist 37,04823.28−40.4124Decrease2.svg 31
  Conservative 23,59614.83−10.1618Decrease2.svg 14
  United Labour 17,95211.28+0.849Increase2.svg 1
 Formal votes159,132
 Informal votes678
 Total159,81095
 Registered voters / turnout280,81063.41

Albert Park

1900 Victorian colonial election: Albert Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John White92939.1
Socialist Liberal Henry Champion87836.9
Ministerialist Thomas Ashworth 57124.0
Total formal votes2,37899.98
Informal votes40.02
Turnout 2,38271.4
Conservative hold Swing

Anglesey

1900 Victorian colonial election: Anglesey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Malcolm McKenzie1,51461.1
  Liberal James Fenton 96338.9
Total formal votes2,47799.94
Informal votes150.06
Turnout 2,49263.7
  Conservative hold Swing

Ararat

1900 Victorian colonial election: Ararat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Richard Toutcher84064.1
  Liberal James Styles47035.9
Total formal votes1,31099.98
Informal votes60.02
Turnout 1,31658.8
 Ministerial hold Swing

Ballarat East

1900 Victorian colonial election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Robert McGregor1,67972.3
Labour John Meehan55124.7
Total formal votes2,23099.98
Informal votes50.02
Turnout 2,23564.8
  Liberal hold Swing

Ballarat West

1900 Victorian colonial election: Ballarat West [b]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Joseph Kirton2,02926.6
Ministerialist Richard Vale2,02726.6
  Liberal Robert Nicholl1,49519.6
  Liberal James Vallins1,27816.8
  Liberal Frank Bessermeres79710.4
Total formal votes7,625100.0
Informal votes10.0
Turnout 7,62669.5
 Ministerial hold Swing
 Ministerial hold Swing

Barwon

1900 Victorian colonial election: Barwon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Jonas Levien92354.2
  Liberal Richard Crouch 78145.8
Total formal votes1,70498.11,723
Informal votes191.9
Turnout 1,72374.3
  Conservative hold Swing

Benalla and Yarrawonga

1900 Victorian colonial election: Benalla and Yarrawonga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Thomas Kennedy unopposed
 Ministerial hold Swing

Benambra

1900 Victorian colonial election: Benambra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist Albert Cravenunopposed
 Ministerial hold Swing

Bogong

1900 Victorian colonial election: Bogong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Isaac Isaacs unopposed
  Liberal hold Swing

Borung

1900 Victorian colonial election: Borung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ministerialist John Dyer99950.3
Ministerialist William Hutchinson98849.7
Total formal votes1,98799.096
Informal votes80.04
Turnout 1,99569.2
Ministerialist hold Swing

Bourke East

1900 Victorian colonial election: Bourke East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Mackay Gairunopposed
  Liberal hold Swing

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.
  2. Two-member electorate

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 . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943.
  3. "Allan McLean". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.