1900 Victorian colonial election

1900 Victorian colonial election
All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly; 48 seats needed for a majority
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.

Results

Legislative Assembly (FPTP)^[a]^[1]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	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

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.