1900 Victorian colonial election

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.

1900 Victorian colonial election
1 November 1900
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 55
Seats won 44 24
Seat change 44 31
Premier before election

Allan McLean
Ministerialist

 Elected Premier

George Turner
Liberal

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.

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.

This was also the last election in Victoria before federation in 1901, when it became a state.

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