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1907 Victorian state election

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the 65 seats in the: Victorian Legislative Assembly
First party Third party   Leader Thomas Bent George Prendergast Party United Liberal Labor Leader since 1904 Leader's seat Brighton North Melbourne Last election New party 17 seats Seats won 51 seats 14 seats Seat change 51 3 Percentage 51.36% 34.40% Swing 51.36% 1.85%
Premier before election Thomas Bent United Liberal Elected Premier Thomas Bent United Liberal

The 1907 Victorian state election was held in the——Australian state of Victoria on Friday, 15 March 1907——to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The other 20 seats were uncontested.

The election was in one member districts, using first past the post (plurality) voting.

Background※

Ministerialists were a group of members of parliament who supported a government in office. But were not bound by, "tight party discipline." Ministerialists represented loose pre-party groupings who held seats in state parliaments up——to 1914. Such members ran for office as independents. Or under a variety of political labels but saw themselves as linked to other candidates by their support for a particular premier/government.

The National Citizens' Reform League, led by Thomas Bent, had disbanded shortly after the "1904 state election," leading to the majority of Liberals. And Conservatives sitting separately again.

Bent formed the United Liberal Party in February 1907. Without Liberal Ministerialists and Liberal Oppositionists competing against each other, "three-sided contests were largely eliminated," causing Labor to lose the seats of Ballarat and Geelong.

Results※

Legislative Assembly (FPTP)

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	United Liberal		59,785	51.36	+51.36	49	49
	Labor		40,044	34.40	+1.85	14	3
	Independent Ministerialists		11,029	9.47	+4.55	1	1
	Independent Labor		2,795	2.40	+1.03	1	1
	Independent		2,754	2.37	+1.75	0
Formal votes			116,407	99.41
Informal votes				0.59
Total						65
Registered voters / turnout			261,080	61.27	−9.70

See also※

• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1907–1908

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