State Elections since 1900
The dates and results of all elections for the Legislative Assembly since 1900.
Date | Party Winning Election | Comments |
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1 November 1900 | Liberals | McLean minority Conservative Liberal Government defeated; Turner minority Liberal Government takes office. |
1 October 1902 | Conservatives | |
1 June 1904 | Conservatives | |
15 March 1907 | Fusion | The combined Conservatives and Liberals. |
29 December 1908 | Fusion Liberal | Bent Conservative Government defeated; Murray Fusion Liberal Government takes office. The Fusion had broken up, but was re-formed when the Murray Government took office. The Fusion Liberals were the forerunners of today's Liberal Party. |
16 November 1911 | Liberal | The Fusion Liberals had become known as the Liberal Party. |
26 November 1914 | Liberal | |
15 November 1917 | Economy National | Peacock minority National Government defeated; Bowser minority Economy National Government takes office. The Liberal Party had become known as the National Party during 1917. The party had split, and the "Economy" faction won the election. |
21 October 1920 | National | The Lawson National Government (a combination of the Nationals, Economy Nationals and National Laborites) held office but lost its majority. Until 1952, no party won a majority. |
30 August 1921 | National | Minority Government. |
26 June 1924 | Labor | Peacock minority National Government defeated; Prendergast minority Labor Government takes office. |
9 April 1927 | Labor | Allan Country-National Coalition Government defeated; Hogan minority Labor Government takes office. |
30 November 1929 | Labor | McPherson minority National Government defeated; Hogan minority Labor Government takes office. |
14 May 1932 | United Australia - Country Coalition | Hogan minority Labor Government defeated; Argyle United Australia - Country Coalition Government takes office. The National Party had changed its name to United Australia Party in 1931. |
2 March 1935 | United Australia - Country Coalition | The coalition broke up less than a month after the election, and a minority Country government was formed. |
2 October 1937 | Country | Minority Government |
16 March 1940 | Country | Minority Government |
12 June 1943 | Country | Minority Government |
10 November 1945 | Labor | Macfarlan Ministerial Liberal Government defeated; Cain minority Labor Government takes office. The United Australia Party had changed its name to Liberal Party in 1945. The Ministerial Liberals were a dissident group of Liberals who had overthrown a Country-Liberal coalition. |
8 November 1947 | Liberal - Country Coalition | Cain minority Labor Government defeated; Hollway Liberal - Country Coalition Government takes office. The Cain Government was forced to the polls when the Legislative Council blocked supply. |
13 May 1950 | Liberal and Country | Minority Government. The Liberal Party had changed its name to Liberal and Country Party in 1949. The minority Liberal and Country Government was replaced by a minority Country Government less than two months after the election. |
6 December 1952 | Labor | McDonald minority Country Government defeated; Cain Labor Government takes office. The McDonald Government was forced to the polls when the Legislative Council (Labor and dissident Liberals combined) blocked Supply. The Cain Government was the first majority Labor Government in Victoria's history. |
28 May 1955 | Liberal and Country | Cain minority Labor Government defeated; Bolte Liberal and Country Government takes office. The Cain Government had lost its majority as a result of a split in the ALP. The split led to the election which ushered in 27 years of Liberal Government. |
31 May 1958 | Liberal and Country | |
15 July 1961 | Liberal and Country | |
27 June 1964 | Liberal and Country | |
29 April 1967 | Liberal | The Liberal and Country Party had changed its name to Liberal Party in 1965. |
30 May 1970 | Liberal | |
19 May 1973 | Liberal | |
20 March 1976 | Liberal | |
5 May 1979 | Liberal | |
3 April 1982 | Labor | Thompson Liberal Government defeated; Cain Labor Government takes office. |
2 March 1985 | Labor | |
1 October 1988 | Labor | |
3 October 1992 | Liberal-National Coalition | Kirner Government defeated; the Kennett Government takes office. |
30 March 1996 | Liberal-National Coalition | |
18 September 1999 | Labor | Kennett Liberal-National Coalition Government defeated. Bracks minority Labor Government takes office. |
30 November 2002 | Labor | |
25 November 2006 | Labor | John Brumby took over as Premier in July 2007 after Steve Bracks quit the re-elected Bracks Government. |
27 November 2010 | Liberal-National Coalition | Brumby Government defeated. The Baillieu Government takes office. |
29 November 2014 | Labor | Napthine Government defeated. The Andrews Government takes office. |