1900 Victorian colonial election

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1900 Victorian colonial election

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All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
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 44 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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