1900 Victorian colonial election

1900 Victorian colonial election
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All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
48 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader George Turner Allan McLean
Party Liberal Ministerialist
Leader's seat St Kilda Gippsland North
Last election 0[a] 55[a]
Seats won 44 24
Seat change Increase 44 Decrease 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]

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.


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  1. ^ a b c "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.