1889 Victorian colonial election

none 1889 Victorian colonial election Victoria 1877 parliamentary no 1886 Victorian colonial election 1886 1892 Victorian colonial election 1892 28 March 1889 All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly48 seats needed for a majority 150x150px Alfred Deakin Liberal Ministerialists F7E894 Essendon and Flemington 30 23.14 150x150px Duncan Gillies Conservative Ministerialists Eastern Suburbs 8EB5D1 23 14.81 Premier Duncan Gillies Conservative Duncan Gillies Conservative The 1889 Victorian colonial election was held on 28 March 1889 to elect the 14th Parliament of Victoria. All 95 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though 11 were uncontested.THE FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT ELECTED 28 MARCH 1889 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1889assembly.txt Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive There were 73 single-member and 11 two-member electorates. The incumbent coalition government, led by Conservative leader Duncan Gillies and Liberal leader Alfred Deakin, was re-elected. Results + Legislative Assembly (FPTP) Party Votes % Swing Seats Change   Liberal Ministerialists 39,241 23.14 30   Liberal Oppositionists 34,407 20.30 23   Ministerialists 32,281 19.04 6   Conservative Ministerialists 25,103 14.81 23   Oppositionists 22,168 13.07 3   Conservative Oppositionists 7,388 4.36 7   Liberal 4,566 2.69 2   Conservative 2,558 1.51 0   Independent 1,837 1.08 1  Formal votes 169,549 Aftermath On 30 October 1890, the Gillies-Deakin government was defeated on a vote of confidence, and was succeeded by a composite (though not formally a coalition) government led by Liberal James Munro. In February 1892 Munro, who was deeply in debt, asked his Cabinet to appoint him Victorian Agent-General in London. He then resigned as Premier and immediately took ship from Port Melbourne.Mitchell Ann M. Munro, James (1832–1908) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/munro-james-4271 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 2020-01-11 William Shiels became the new Premier on 16 February 1892, and he led the Liberals to the 1892 election.Geoffrey Serle Shiels, William (1848–1904) shiels-william-8418 16 November 2012 References Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1880s elections in Australia Category:1880s in Victoria (state) Category:History of Australia