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All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 48 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Australian federation in 1901, when it became a state.
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Liberal | 80,536 | 50.61 | +50.61 | 44 | ![]() | ||
Ministerialist | 37,048 | 23.28 | −40.41 | 24 | ![]() | ||
Conservative | 23,596 | 14.83 | −10.16 | 18 | ![]() | ||
United Labour | 17,952 | 11.28 | +0.84 | 9 | ![]() | ||
Formal votes | 159,132 | ||||||
Informal votes | 678 | ||||||
Total | 159,810 | 95 | |||||
Registered voters / turnout | 280,810 | 63.41 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John White | 929 | 39.1 | ||
Socialist Liberal | Henry Champion | 878 | 36.9 | ||
Ministerialist | Thomas Ashworth | 571 | 24.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,378 | 99.98 | |||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.02 | |||
Turnout | 2,382 | 71.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Malcolm McKenzie | 1,514 | 61.1 | ||
Liberal | James Fenton | 963 | 38.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,477 | 99.94 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.06 | |||
Turnout | 2,492 | 63.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Richard Toutcher | 840 | 64.1 | ||
Liberal | James Styles | 470 | 35.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,310 | 99.98 | |||
Informal votes | 6 | 0.02 | |||
Turnout | 1,316 | 58.8 | |||
Ministerial hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert McGregor | 1,679 | 72.3 | ||
Labour | John Meehan | 551 | 24.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,230 | 99.98 | |||
Informal votes | 5 | 0.02 | |||
Turnout | 2,235 | 64.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Joseph Kirton | 2,029 | 26.6 | ||
Ministerialist | Richard Vale | 2,027 | 26.6 | ||
Liberal | Robert Nicholl | 1,495 | 19.6 | ||
Liberal | James Vallins | 1,278 | 16.8 | ||
Liberal | Frank Bessermeres | 797 | 10.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,625 | 100.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,626 | 69.5 | |||
Ministerial hold | Swing | ||||
Ministerial hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonas Levien | 923 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal | Richard Crouch | 781 | 45.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,704 | 98.1 | 1,723 | ||
Informal votes | 19 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,723 | 74.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Thomas Kennedy | unopposed | |||
Ministerial hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | Albert Craven | unopposed | |||
Ministerial hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Isaac Isaacs | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ministerialist | John Dyer | 999 | 50.3 | ||
Ministerialist | William Hutchinson | 988 | 49.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,987 | 99.096 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.04 | |||
Turnout | 1,995 | 69.2 | |||
Ministerialist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Mackay Gair | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |