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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.
See also: Results of the 1900 Victorian colonial election (Legislative Assembly) |
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Liberal | 80,536 | 50.61 | +50.61 | 44 | 44 | ||
Ministerialist | 37,048 | 23.28 | −40.41 | 24 | 31 | ||
Conservative | 23,596 | 14.83 | −10.16 | 18 | 14 | ||
United Labour | 17,952 | 11.28 | +0.84 | 9 | 1 | ||
Formal votes | 159,132 | ||||||
Informal votes | 678 | ||||||
Total | 159,810 | 95 | |||||
Registered voters / turnout | 280,810 | 63.41 |