1899 South Australian colonial election

none April 2022 June 2020 1899 South Australian colonial election South Australia 1876 parliamentary no 1896 South Australian colonial election 1896 1902 South Australian state election 1902 All 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly28 seats were needed for a majority yes 1899 04 29 150x150px John Jenkins 1893 Liberal F7E894 West Adelaide 21.97 1.47% 14 150x150px John Downer 1897 Conservative 0C1BA8 Barossa 33.70 1.14% 28 150x150px Lee Batchelor 1897 United Labor FF0000 West Adelaide 25.43 1.14% 11 Premier Charles Kingston Liberal Charles Kingston Liberal The 1899 South Australian colonial election was held on 29 April 1899 to elect all 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly. In the seat of Albert, the incumbent members were elected unopposed on 12 April, and the election in the seat of Northern Territory was held on 6 May.https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836-2009 Parliament of South Australia 2 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20150327051115/https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf 27 March 2015 dead All 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent liberal government led by Premier of South Australia Charles Kingston in an informal coalition United Labor Party (ULP) led by Lee Batchelor defeated the conservative opposition led by Leader of the Opposition John Downer. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. Although the conservatives won more seats, the liberal government retained power until later that year, when new conservative leader Vaiben Louis Solomon forced the government to resign, but only held office for one week. The liberals held government until the next election through leaders Frederick Holder and John Jenkins. Background The 1899 election was a contest between three increasingly dominating groups – the ULP, the conservative National Defence League (NDL) which renamed to the Australasian National League (ANL), and the Kingston liberals. It was also dominated by one issue – the restrictive franchise for the Legislative Council. The Kingston government, which had secured a majority with the strong support of the ULP, had attempted to broaden the franchise in 1898, but the ANL and conservative majority of the council had rejected the Bill. Kingston took the Assembly into the 1899 election with this issue dominant. The seat contest was particularly intense between the conservatives and the Kingston liberals. There was no "Liberal" or "Kingston" party, but there was a relatively cohesive Kingston group among both independent members and candidates. The Liberal and Democratic Union would not be formed until the 1906 election. Results File:South Australia House of Assembly 1899.svg+ House of Assembly (FPTP) (Non-CV)Election of 29 April 1899 https://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=809 The University of Western Australia Party Votes % Swing Seats Change   Conservative 54,010 33.70 +2.56 28   United Labor 40,756 25.43 +1.14 11   Liberal 21.97 24.26 +1.47 14   Independent 5,380 3.36 −2.38 1   Other 24,898 15.54 +0.84 0  Formal votes 160,258  Informal votes 1,218  Total 161,476 54  Registered voters / turnout 152,393 62.86 References Category:Elections in South Australia Category:1899 elections in Australia Category:1890s in South Australia Category:April 1899 in Australia