1889 Victorian colonial election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1889 Victorian colonial election
| country = Victoria
| flag_year = 1877
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1886 Victorian colonial election
| previous_year = 1886
| next_election = 1892 Victorian colonial election
| next_year = 1892
| election_date = 28 March 1889
| seats_for_election = All 95 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
48 seats needed for a majority
| image1 = 150x150px
| leader1 = Alfred Deakin
| party1 = Liberal Ministerialists
| colour1 = F7E894
| leaders_seat1 = Essendon and Flemington
| last_election1 =
| seats1 = 30
| percentage1 = 23.14
| seat_change1 =
| image2 = 150x150px
| leader2 = Duncan Gillies
| party2 = Conservative Ministerialists
| leaders_seat2 = Eastern Suburbs
| colour2 = 8EB5D1
| last_election2 =
| seats2 = 23
| percentage2 = 14.81
| seat_change2 =
| title = Premier
| before_election = Duncan Gillies
| before_party = Conservative
| after_election = Duncan Gillies
| after_party = 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.{{cite web |title=THE FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT ELECTED 28 MARCH 1889 |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1889assembly.txt |publisher=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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"
|+ Legislative Assembly (FPTP) ! style="width:10px;" colspan=3 | Party ! style="width:70px;"| Votes ! style="width:40px;"| % ! style="width:40px;"| Swing ! style="width:40px;"| Seats ! style="width:40px;"| Change |
| {{Australian party style|australian liberal|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Liberal Ministerialists | style="width:70px;"| 39,241 | style="width:40px;"| 23.14 | style="width:45px;"| | style="width:40px;"| 30 | style="width:55px;"| |
| {{Australian party style|australian liberal|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Liberal Oppositionists | style="width:70px;"| 34,407 | style="width:40px;"| 20.30 | style="width:45px;"| | style="width:40px;"| 23 | style="width:55px;"| |
| {{Australian party style|Ministerial|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Ministerialists | style="width:70px;"| 32,281 | style="width:40px;"| 19.04 | style="width:45px;"| | style="width:40px;"| 6 | style="width:55px;"| |
| {{Australian party style|commonwealth liberal}}|
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Conservative Ministerialists | 25,103 | 14.81 | | 23 | |
| {{Australian party style|opposition (wa)|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Oppositionists | style="width:70px;"| 22,168 | style="width:40px;"| 13.07 | style="width:45px;"| | style="width:40px;"| 3 | style="width:55px;"| |
| {{Australian party style|commonwealth liberal}}|
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Conservative Oppositionists | 7,388 | 4.36 | | 7 | |
| {{Australian party style|australian liberal|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Liberal | style="width:70px;"| 4,566 | style="width:40px;"| 2.69 | style="width:45px;"| | style="width:40px;"| 2 | style="width:55px;"| |
| {{Australian party style|commonwealth liberal}}|
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Conservative | 2,558 | 1.51 | | 0 | |
| {{Australian party style|Independent|width:1px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Independent | style="width:70px;"| 1,837 | style="width:40px;"| 1.08 | style="width:45px;"| | style="width:40px;"| 1 | style="width:55px;"| |
| colspan="3"| 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.{{Citation|last=Mitchell|first=Ann M.|title=Munro, James (1832–1908)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/munro-james-4271|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2020-01-11}} William Shiels became the new Premier on 16 February 1892, and he led the Liberals to the 1892 election.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=Geoffrey |last=Serle|title=Shiels, William (1848–1904)|id2=shiels-william-8418|access-date=16 November 2012}}
References
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{{Victorian elections}}
Category:Elections in Victoria (state)
Category:1880s elections in Australia