1995 Australian Capital Territory election

1995 Australian Capital Territory election

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All 17 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
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 17 December 1988 N/A Leader's seat Molonglo Molonglo N/A Last election 6 seats 8 seats Did not contest Seats won 7 6 2 Seat change 1 2 2 Popular vote 66,895 52,276 14,967 Percentage 40.5% 31.6% 9.1% Swing 11.5 8.3 9.1%
Results by electorate
Chief Minister before election Rosemary Follett Labor Resulting Chief Minister Kate Carnell Liberal

The 1995 Australian Capital Territory election was held on 18 February 1995 to elect all 17 members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. A referendum on entrenching the ACT's electoral system was also held alongside the election.

Like the 1989 and 1992 elections, the result was another hung parliament. However, the Liberal Party were able to form government with the support of Michael Moore and Paul Osborne. Liberal leader Kate Carnell was elected chief minister at the first sitting of the third Assembly on 9 March 1995.^[1]

This was the first time the Legislative Assembly used three multi-member electorates instead of a unicameral system, following the results of the 1992 electoral system referendum.

This was also the first time at an Australian federal, state or territory election that the leaders of both major parties have been female. This would not occur again until the 2020 Queensland state election.