1899 South Australian colonial election
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The 1899 South Australian colonial election was held on 29 April 1899 to elect all 54 seats in the
Background
The 1899 election was a contest between three increasingly dominating groups – the ULP, the conservative National Defence League (NDL) which renamed to the Australasian National League (ANL), and the Kingston liberals. It was also dominated by one issue – the restrictive franchise for the Legislative Council. The Kingston government, which had secured a majority with the strong support of the ULP, had attempted to broaden the franchise in 1898, but the ANL and conservative majority of the council had rejected the Bill. Kingston took the Assembly into the 1899 election with this issue dominant. The seat contest was particularly intense between the conservatives and the Kingston liberals. There was no "Liberal" or "Kingston" party, but there was a relatively cohesive Kingston group among both independent members and candidates. The Liberal and Democratic Union would not be formed until the 1906 election.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Conservative | 54,010 | 33.70 | +2.56 | 28 | |||
United Labor
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40,756 | 25.43 | +1.14 | 11 | |||
Liberal | 21.97 | 24.26 | +1.47 | 14 | |||
Independent | 5,380 | 3.36 | −2.38 | 1 | |||
Other | 24,898 | 15.54 | +0.84 | 0 | |||
Formal votes | 160,258 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,218 | ||||||
Total | 161,476 | 54 | |||||
Registered voters / turnout | 152,393 | 62.86 |
References
- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836-2009" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Election of 29 April 1899". The University of Western Australia.