1886 Victorian colonial election
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The 1886 Victorian colonial election was held on 22 February 1883 to elect the 13th Parliament of Victoria. All 86 seats in 55 electorates in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though eleven seats were uncontested.
There were 31 single-member, 20 two-member and 5 three-member electorates.
In early 1886 both James Service and Graham Berry had resigned as the Conservative and Liberal leaders in the coalition government. A new ministry was then elected on the eve of the election, which included the Conservative politician Duncan Gillies as Premier, Treasurer and Minister of Railways and the new leader of the Liberals, Alfred Deakin, as Chief Secretary and Minister of Water Supply. In a widely expected result, the Conservative-Liberal coalition won the majority of seats in the new Parliament.