1904 Victorian state election

{{Short description|Australian state election}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1904 Victorian state election

| country = Victoria

| flag_year = 1901

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1902 Victorian state election

| previous_year = 1902

| next_election = 1907 Victorian state election

| next_year = 1907

| seats_for_election = All 67 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
34 seats needed for a majority

| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1904|6|1}}

| image1 = 110px

| leader1 = Thomas Bent

| leader_since1 = 1904

| color1 = 9966CC

| party1 = National Citizens Reform League

| leaders_seat1 = Brighton

| percentage1 = 36.14

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 5.93%

| last_election1 = 47 seats

| seats1 = 35 seats

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 12

| image2 = 131px

| leader2 = Frederick Bromley

| leader_since2 = 1904

| party2 = Labour

| leaders_seat2 = Carlton

| colour2 = DC241F

| percentage2 = 32.55

| swing2 = {{increase}} 14.54%

| last_election2 = 12 seats

| seats2 = 17 seats

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 5

| title = Premier

| before_election = Thomas Bent

| before_party = National Citizens Reform League

| after_election = Thomas Bent

| after_party = National Citizens Reform League|

}}

The 1904 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on 1 June 1904 to elect 67 members to the state's Legislative Assembly.{{cite web | url=http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=883 | title=Australian Politics and Elections Database: 1 June 1904 | publisher=University of Western Australia | accessdate=4 September 2016}}

It was the first election to be held in Victoria since the passing of the Constitution Act 1903{{cite web |title=The Constitution Act 1903 |url=http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/tca1903218/ |website=AustLII}} (also known as the "Constitution Reform Act"), which reduced the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly from 95 to 67 and removed all two-member electorates. It also created three new electorates representing public and railways officers: the Electoral province for Public Officers and Railway Officers the "Electoral district for Public Officers" and a two-member "Electoral district for Railway Officers". Members of the public service had previously not been eligible to stand as candidates without first resigning. Under these changes, they could stand while a state employee, and if successful in winning a seat, would have a leave of absence while sitting as an MP.