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The 1889 Victorian colonial election was held on 28 March 1889 to elect the 14th Parliament of Victoria. All 95 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though 11 were uncontested. [1]
There were 73 single-member and 11 two-member electorates. [1]
The incumbent coalition government, led by Conservative leader Duncan Gillies and Liberal leader Alfred Deakin, was re-elected. [1]
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| Liberal Ministerialists | 39,241 | 23.14 | 30 | ||||
| Liberal Oppositionists | 34,407 | 20.30 | 23 | ||||
| Ministerialists | 32,281 | 19.04 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative Ministerialists | 25,103 | 14.81 | 23 | ||||
| Oppositionists | 22,168 | 13.07 | 3 | ||||
| Conservative Oppositionists | 7,388 | 4.36 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal | 4,566 | 2.69 | 2 | ||||
| Conservative | 2,558 | 1.51 | 0 | ||||
| Independent | 1,837 | 1.08 | 1 | ||||
| Formal votes | 169,549 | ||||||
On 30 October 1890, the Gillies-Deakin government was defeated on a vote of confidence, and was succeeded by a composite (though not formally a coalition) government led by Liberal James Munro. [1]
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