1911 Victorian state election
16 November 1911 (1911-11-16)
the 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Third party
 
Leader John Murray George Prendergast
Party Commonwealth Liberal Labor
Leader since January 1909 1904
Leader's seat Allandale North Melbourne
Last election 19 seats 21 seats
Seats won 43 seats 20 seats
Seat change Increase 24 Decrease 1
Swing Increase 18.09% Increase 8.28%
Premier before election

John Murray
Commonwealth Liberal

 Elected Premier

John Murray
Commonwealth Liberal

The 1911 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday, 16 November 1911 to elect 56 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.[1] Nine seats were uncontested.

The election was in one member districts, using instant runoff (preferential) voting for the first time in the state's history. Women voted for the first time at this election.[2]

Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 16 November 1911[3]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1908–1914 >>

Enrolled voters 711,451
Votes cast 394,189 Turnout 55.41 +21.76
Informal votes 5,364 Informal 1.36 +0.83
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 181,249 46.61 +18.09 44 +3
  Labor 167,422 43.06 +8.28 19 –2
  Independent 40,154 10.33 +0.43 2 –1
Total 388,825     65  

See also

References

  1. ↑ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890–1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
  2. ↑ "Australian Politics and Elections Database: 15 March 1907". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Victoria Legislative Assembly Elected 16 November 1911". Psephos. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.