| Election Name: | 1900 Victorian colonial election |
| Country: | Victoria |
| Flag Year: | 1877 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1897 Victorian colonial election |
| Previous Year: | 1897 |
| Next Election: | 1902 Victorian state election |
| Next Year: | 1902 |
| Election Date: | 1 November 1900 |
| Seats For Election: | All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly |
| Leader1: | George Turner |
| Party1: | Liberal |
| Colour1: | F7E894 |
| Leaders Seat1: | St Kilda |
| Last Election1: | 0 |
| Seats1: | 44 |
| Seat Change1: | 44 |
| Leader2: | Allan McLean |
| Party2: | Ministerialist |
| Leaders Seat2: | Gippsland North |
| Colour2: | 0C1BA8 |
| Last Election2: | 55 |
| Seats2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | 31 |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Allan McLean |
| Before Party: | Ministerialist |
| After Election: | George Turner |
| After Party: | 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.
See also: Results of the 1900 Victorian colonial election (Legislative Assembly).
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 80,536 | 50.61 | +50.61 | 44 | 44 | |||
| Ministerialist | 37,048 | 23.28 | −40.41 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 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 | ||||||