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)
First party Second party Third party   GRN 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
Results by electorate
Chief Minister before election Rosemary Follett Labor Resulting Chief Minister Kate Carnell Liberal

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

• 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

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

Five seats were up for election.^[4]

Ginninderra

Five seats were up for election.^[5]

Molonglo

Seven seats were up for election.^[6]

Results