1900 Victorian colonial election

1900 Victorian colonial election
1 November 1900
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.

Results

Legislative Assembly (FPTP)[a][1]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 80,536 50.61 +50.61 44 Increase 44
  Ministerialist 37,048 23.28 −40.41 24 Decrease 31
  Conservative 23,596 14.83 −10.16 18 Decrease 14
  United Labour 17,952 11.28 +0.84 9 Increase 1
 Formal votes 159,132
 Informal votes 678
 Total 159,810 95
 Registered voters / turnout 280,810 63.41

Albert Park

: Albert Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Anglesey

: Anglesey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  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

Ararat

: Ararat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Ballarat East

: Ballarat East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  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

Ballarat West

: Ballarat West[b]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Barwon

: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  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

Benalla and Yarrawonga

: Benalla and Yarrawonga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Thomas Kennedy unopposed
  Ministerial hold Swing

Benambra

: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ministerialist Albert Craven unopposed
  Ministerial hold Swing

Bogong

: Bogong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Isaac Isaacs unopposed
  Liberal hold Swing

Borung

: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Bourke East

: Bourke East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Mackay Gair unopposed
  Liberal hold Swing

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Two-member electorate

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. 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.
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