1900 Tasmanian colonial election

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1900 Tasmanian state election
← 1897 9 March 1900 1903 →
All 38 seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly
  First party Second party
  Neil Elliott Lewis.jpg Thomas Reiby.jpg
Leader Elliott Lewis Thomas Reibey
Party Free Trade Protectionist
Leader's seat Richmond Westbury
Last election 19 seats 12 seats
Seats won 18 seats 9 seats
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease3
Premier before election

Elliott Lewis
Free Trade

Elected Premier

Elliott Lewis
Free Trade

The 1900 Tasmanian colonial election was held on 9 March 1900 in the Australian colony of Tasmania to elect 38 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

Results[]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Free Trade Party 5,134 27.20 18 –1
Protectionist Party 2,218 11.75 9 –3
Other parties 7,319 38.78 0 –1
Independents 4,201 22.26 11 +6
Invalid/blank votes 508 – – –
Total 18,872 100 38 +1
Registered voters/turnout 39,002 66.75 – –
Source: UWA
Popular vote
Free Trade Party
 
 27.20%
Protectionist Party
 
 11.75%
Independents
 
 22.26%
Others
 
 38.78%
Seats
Free Trade Party
 
 47.37%
Protectionist Party
 
 23.68%
Independents
 
 28.95%

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