[1] George Turner's Liberal government was returned with an increased majority.

[2] Formal political parties began to evolve out of faction alignments at this election.

[1] In November 1899, Turner lost a vote of confidence when many rural Liberals abandoned him.

Allan McLean, the member for Gippsland North, then formed a more conservative administration.

[2] The McLean-led Ministerialists lost the 1900 election, and Turner returned to power.