1889 Victorian colonial election
28 March 1889
All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Alfred Deakin Duncan Gillies
Party Liberal Ministerialists Conservative Ministerialists
Leader's seat Essendon and Flemington Eastern Suburbs
Seats won 30 23
Percentage 23.14 14.81
Premier before election

Duncan Gillies
Conservative

 Elected Premier

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.[1]

There were 73 single-member and 11 two-member electorates.[1]

The incumbent coalition government, led by Conservative leader Duncan Gillies and Liberal leader Alfred Deakin, was re-elected.[1]

Results

Legislative Assembly (FPTP)[1]
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.[1]

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.[2] William Shiels became the new Premier on 16 February 1892, and he led the Liberals to the 1892 election.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "THE FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT ELECTED 28 MARCH 1889". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Ann M., "Munro, James (1832–1908)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2020-01-11
  3. ↑ Serle, Geoffrey. "Shiels, William (1848–1904)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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