1902 Victorian state election

none April 2022 June 2020 1902 Victorian state election Victoria 1901 parliamentary no 1900 Victorian colonial election 1900 1904 Victorian state election 1904 All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly48 seats needed for a majority 120px William Irvine 9966CC National Citizens' Reform League Lowan 47 seats 120px Alexander Peacock Liberal Clunes and Allandale F7E894 15 seats Premier William Irvine National Citizens' Reform League William Irvine National Citizens' Reform League The 1902 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on 1 October 1902, to elect 70 of the 95 members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=882 Australian Politics and Elections Database: 1 October 1902 University of Western Australia 6 August 2017 6 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140242/http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=882 dead http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/the-history-of-parliament/elections-since-1856 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907003000/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/the-history-of-parliament/elections-since-1856 dead 7 September 2010 Elections since 1856 Parliament of Victoria 28 April 2014http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/teaaa1888234/ The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 28 April 2014 PDF https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/member-search Find a Member State Government of Victoria 17 July 2025 The other 25 seats were uncontested. There was manhood suffrage in single and multimember districts (with multiple voting), and first past the post (plurality) voting was used. William Irvine replaced Alexander Peacock as Victorian Premier on 10 June 1902, and contested the election as the incumbent premier and leader of the conservative National Citizens' Reform League. Irvine soundly defeated the Liberals, and their Labor allies led by Frederick Bromley. This election marked the end of traditional contests between the Liberals and Conservatives in Victoria, with the Reform League made up of members from both parties.THE NINETEENTH PARLIAMENT ELECTED 1 NOVEMBER 1902 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1902assembly.txt Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive This was also the first election in Victoria after federation in 1901, when it ceased to be a colony and became a state. Results 47 Ministerialist MPs were elected with the backing of the Citizens' Reform League, while 11 ran solely as Ministerialists or Independent Ministerialists. Liberal MPs were elected as Oppositionists. + Legislative Assembly (FPTP) Party Votes % Swing Seats Change   Reform League Ministerialists 71,951 42.07 47   Liberal Oppositionists 30,929 18.09 −32.52 15 29   Labour 30,804 18.01 +6.73 12 3   Independent Ministerialists 22,997 13.45 7   Ministerialists 9,028 5.28 11   Independent Labour 3,202 1.87 2   Reform League 2,104 1.23 1 1  Formal votes 171,015 99.65  Informal votes 606 0.35  Total 171,621 95  Registered voters / turnout 290,241 65.41 See also Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1902–1904 References 1902 Category:1902 elections in Australia Category:1900s in Victoria (state) Category:October 1902 in Australia