1995 Australian Capital Territory general election

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All 17 seats of the unicameral Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 89.5 ( 0.8 pp)
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Leader  | Kate Carnell | Rosemary Follett | No leader
Party  | Liberal | Labor | Greens
Leader since  | 21 April 1993  | 5 December 1989  | —
Leader's seat  | Molonglo | Molonglo | —
Last election  | 6 seats  | 8 seats  | —
Seats won  | 7 | 6  | 2
Seat change  |  1  |  2  | New
Popular vote  | 66,895 | 52,276  | 14,967
Percentage  | 40.5% | 31.6%  | 9.1%
Swing  |  11.5  |  8.3  | New

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Results by electorate

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| Chief Minister before election

Rosemary Follett
Labor

| Resulting Chief Minister

Kate Carnell
Liberal

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Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 February 1995. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Rosemary Follett, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Kate Carnell. For the first time, candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single transferable vote method, known as the Hare-Clark system. The result was another hung parliament. However the Liberals, with the largest representation in the 17-member unicameral Assembly, formed Government with the support of Michael Moore and Paul Osborne. Carnell was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the third Assembly on 9 March 1995.[1]

This election was also the first time that the leaders of both major parties have been female at an Australian federal, state or territory election. It would also be the last time that this occurred until the 2020 Queensland state election.

## Key dates

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* Close of party registration: 12 January 1995
* Pre-election period commenced/nominations opened: 13 January 1995
* Rolls closed: 20 January 1995
* Nominations closed: 26 January 1995
* Nominations declared/ballot paper order determined: 27 January 1995
* Pre-poll voting commenced: 30 January 1995
* Polling day: 18 February 1995
* Poll declared: 2 March 1995

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## Overview

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## Candidates

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Sitting members at the time of the election are listed in bold. Tickets that elected at least one MLA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).[3]

### Brindabella

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Five seats were up for election.[4]

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Democrats candidates

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Eva Cawthorne
Annette Ellis
Steve Whan
Andrew Whitecross*
Bill Wood*

Sandie Brooke
Tony De Domenico*
Trevor Kaine*
Louise Littlewood
Brian Lowe

Julie McInness
Andrew Parratt
Liz Stephens

Charlie Bell
Lyn Forceville

Moore candidates  | Smokers candidates  | Ungrouped  |
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Nick Isaacson
Stephanie Isaacson

Keith Dencio
Stan Kowalski

Janice Ferguson (Ind)
Margaret Kobier (Ind)
Paul Osborne* (Ind)
Tony Savage (Ind)

### Ginninderra

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Five seats were up for election.[5]

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Democrats candidates

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Wayne Berry*
Ellnor Grassby
Roberta McRae*
Jacqueline Shea
Fiona Wilson

Lyle Dunne
Martin Gordon
Cheryl Hill
Harold Hird*
Bill Stefaniak*

Gary Corr
Lucy Horodny*
Michelle Rielly

Peter Granleese
Peter Main

Moore candidates  | Smokers candidates  | Ungrouped  |
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Graeme Evans
Helen Szuty

Donovan Ballard
Lorraine Bevan

Kevin Connor (Ind)

### Molonglo

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Seven seats were up for election.[6]

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Democrats candidates

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Terry Connolly*
Simon Corbell
Rosemary Follett*
David Lamont
Marion Reilly
Michael Wilson
Silvia Zamora

Greg Aouad
David Ash
Kate Carnell*
Greg Cornwell*
Gary Humphries*
Lucinda Spier
Gwen Wilcox

Natasha Davis
Shane Rattenbury
Kerrie Tucker*

Nicola Appleyard
Greg Kramer

Moore candidates  | Smokers candidates  | Ungrouped
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Mark Dunstone
Michael Moore*
Tona Ven Raay

John McMahon
John Reavell

Mike Boland (Ind)
Arthur Burns
Allison Dellit
Terry De Luca

Alex Middleton
Regina Slazenger (Ind)
Fred Weston (Ind)

## Results

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Main article: Results of the 1995 Australian Capital Territory general election

Party| Votes| %| +/–| Seats| +/–
| Liberal| 66,895| 40.48|  11.45| 7|  1
| Labor| 52,276| 31.63|  8.29| 6|  2
| Greens| 14,967| 9.06| New| 2| New
| Moore Independents| 11,645| 7.05|  1.45| 1|  1
| Independents| 9,260| 5.60|  4.14| 1|  1
| Democrats| 6,457| 3.91|  0.56| 0|  0
| Smokers Are Voters and Civil Rights| 3,770| 2.28| New| 0| New
Total| 165,270| 100.00| –| 17| –
Valid votes| 165,270| 93.76| |
Invalid/blank votes| 10,994| 6.24|  0.2|
Total votes| 176,264| 100.00| –|
Registered voters/turnout| 196,959| 89.49|  0.8|
Results by electorate

| Brindabella  | Ginninderra  | Molonglo
Party  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | Votes  | %  | Seats
| Liberal | 18,494  | 37.1  | 2  | 19,507  | 40.7  | 2  | 28,894  | 42.9  | 3
| Labor | 15,758  | 31.6  | 2  | 15,693  | 32.7  | 2  | 20,825  | 30.9  | 2
| Greens | 3,965  | 8.0  | 0  | 4,176  | 8.7  | 1  | 6,826  | 10.1  | 1
| Moore Independents | 1,907  | 3.8  | 0  | 3,837  | 8.0  | 0  | 5,901  | 8.8  | 1
| Independent | 6,779  | 13.6  | 1  | 1,059  | 2.2  | 0  | 1,422  | 2.1  | 0
| Democrats | 1,878  | 3.8  | 0  | 2,420  | 5.1  | 0  | 2,159  | 3.2  | 0
| Smokers Are Voters And Civil Rights  | 1,116  | 2.2  | 0  | 1,247  | 2.6  | 0  | 1,407  | 2.1  | 0
Distribution of seats

Electorate  | Seats held
Brindabella |  |  | I |  |  |
Ginninderra |  |  |  |  |
Molonglo |  |  |  | M |  |  |

I - Independent politician
M - Moore Independents

## See also

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* Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1995–1998
* First Carnell Ministry
* List of Australian Capital Territory elections

## References

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1. ^ "Legislative Assembly for the ACT - Week 1". ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. 9 March 1995. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
2. ^ "Election timetable". ACT Legislative Assembly election - 1995. ACT Electoral Commission. 1995. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
3. ^ "List of elected candidates". Elections ACT. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
4. ^ "Brindabella First Preference Results - 1995 Election". Elections ACT. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
5. ^ "Ginninderra First Preference Results - 1995 Election". Elections ACT. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
6. ^ "Molonglo First Preference Results - 1995 Election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

## External links

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* ACT Electoral Commission
* ACT Legislative Assembly - List of Members (1989 - 2008)

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