| Election Name: | 1995 Australian Capital Territory general election |
| Country: | Australian Capital Territory |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Australian Capital Territory general election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 1998 Australian Capital Territory general election |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Seats For Election: | All 17 seats of the unicameral Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 9 |
| Turnout: | 89.5 (0.8 pp) |
| Leader1: | Kate Carnell |
| Leader Since1: | 21 April 1993 |
| Party1: | Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Molonglo |
| Popular Vote1: | 66,895 |
| Percentage1: | 40.5% |
| Swing1: | 11.5 |
| Last Election1: | 6 seats |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | Rosemary Follett |
| Leader Since2: | 5 December 1989 |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Molonglo |
| Popular Vote2: | 52,276 |
| Percentage2: | 31.6% |
| Swing2: | 8.3 |
| Last Election2: | 8 seats |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Leader3: | No leader |
| Leader Since3: | — |
| Party3: | ACT Greens |
| Leaders Seat3: | — |
| Popular Vote3: | 14,967 |
| Percentage3: | 9.1% |
| Swing3: | New |
| Last Election3: | — |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | New |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Chief Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Resulting Chief Minister |
| Before Election: | Rosemary Follett |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch) |
| After Election: | Kate Carnell |
| After Party: | Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division) |
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.
Source:[2]
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]
Five seats were up for election.[4]
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Democrats candidates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| valign=top | Eva Cawthorne Annette Ellis Steve Whan Andrew Whitecross | valign=top | Sandie Brooke Tony De Domenico Louise Littlewood | valign=top | Julie McInness Andrew Parratt Liz Stephens | valign=top | Charlie Bell Lyn Forceville | |
| Moore candidates | Smokers candidates | Ungrouped | ||||||
| valign=top | Nick Isaacson Stephanie Isaacson | valign=top | Keith Dencio Stan Kowalski | valign=top | Janice Ferguson (Ind) Margaret Kobier (Ind) Paul Osborne
Tony Savage (Ind) | valign=top |
Five seats were up for election.[5]
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Democrats candidates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| valign=top | Wayne Berry Jacqueline Shea | valign=top | Lyle Dunne Martin Gordon Cheryl Hill Harold Hird | valign=top | Gary Corr Lucy Horodny Michelle Rielly | valign=top | Peter Granleese Peter Main | |
| Moore candidates | Smokers candidates | Ungrouped | ||||||
| valign=top | Graeme Evans Helen Szuty | valign=top | Donovan Ballard Lorraine Bevan | valign=top | Kevin Connor (Ind) | valign=top |
Seven seats were up for election.[6]
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Democrats candidates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| valign=top | Terry Connolly Simon Corbell David Lamont | valign=top | Greg Aouad David Ash Kate Carnell Lucinda Spier | valign=top | Natasha Davis Shane Rattenbury Kerrie Tucker | valign=top | Nicola Appleyard Greg Kramer | |
| Moore candidates | Smokers candidates | Ungrouped | ||||||
| valign=top | Mark Dunstone Michael Moore Tona Ven Raay | valign=top | John McMahon John Reavell | valign=top | Mike Boland (Ind) Arthur Burns Allison Dellit Terry De Luca | valign=top | Alex Middleton Regina Slazenger (Ind) Fred Weston (Ind) | |
See main article: Results of the 1995 Australian Capital Territory general election. |}
| 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 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | I | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
| Ginninderra | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||||
| Molonglo | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | M | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||