The 1902 Victorian State election was held in the
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on 1 October 1902, to elect 70 of the 95 members of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The presiding ...
.
[
][
] The other 25 seats were uncontested.
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There was manhood suffrage in single and multimember districts (with multiple voting), and ]first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
(plurality) voting was used.[
William Irvine replaced ]Alexander Peacock
Sir Alexander James Peacock (11 June 1861 – 7 October 1933) was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Premier of Victoria.
Early Years
Peacock was born of Scottish descent at Creswick, the first Victorian Premier born after ...
as Victorian Premier on 10 June 1902, and contested the election as the incumbent premier and leader of the conservative National Citizens' Reform League
The National Citizens' Reform League was formed in Melbourne in April 1902. It sought to reduce the size of the Victorian government, following the recent creation of the Australian Government. Its cause attracted those opposed to the Australian ...
. Irvine soundly defeated the Liberals, and their Labor allies led by Frederick Bromley
Frederick Hadkinson Bromley (30 November 1854 – 29 September 1908) was an English-born Australian trade unionist and early Labour leader in Victoria.
Early life
Bromley was born in 1854 in Wolverhampton, England. He trained as an artist at t ...
.
Results
The incumbent Reform League was returned with a comfortable majority, winning 47 seats, which led to the formation of the 1902 Irvine Ministry.
See also
*Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1902–1904
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the 1902 state election held on 1 October 1902 to the 1904 state election held on 1 June 1904.
From 1889 there were 95 seats in the Assembly.
Victoria became a state of Au ...
References
{{Victorian elections
1902
1902 elections in Australia
1900s in Victoria (Australia)