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State election in Australia For the local government elections held in March, see 1995 Queensland local elections.

1995 Queensland state election
← 1992 15 July 1995 (1995-07-15) 1998 →
All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout91.43 (Decrease 0.05 pp)
  First party Second party
  N/LC
Leader Wayne Goss Rob Borbidge
Party Labor National/Liberal coalition
Leader since 2 March 1988 (1988-03-02) 10 December 1991
Leader's seat Logan Surfers Paradise
Last election 54 seats, 48.73% 35 seats, 44.15%
Seats won 45 43
Seat change Decrease 9 Increase 8
Popular vote 773,585 883,580
Percentage 42.89% 48.99%
Swing Decrease 5.84 Increase 4.85
TPP 46.73% 53.27%
TPP swing Decrease 7.00 Increase 7.00
The top map shows the first party preference by electorate. The bottom map shows the final two-party preferred vote by electorate.
Premier before election

Wayne Goss
Labor

Elected Premier

Wayne Goss
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 15 July 1995 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The Labor Party, which had been in power since the 1989 election and led by Premier Wayne Goss, was elected to a third term, defeating the National/Liberal Coalition under Rob Borbidge. The Queensland Nationals and Liberals were contesting their first election as a coalition in 15 years, having renewed their agreement midway through Goss' second term. The Coalition actually won a majority of the two-party preferred vote. However, most of that vote was wasted on landslide margins in the Nationals' rural heartland. As a result, while the Coalition scored an overall eight-seat swing, it only won nine seats in greater Brisbane, allowing Labor to hold on to power with a majority of one seat.

On 8 December 1995, the Court of Disputed Returns threw out the results in Mundingburra, which Labor's Ken Davies had won by 16 votes, after it was discovered that 22 overseas military personnel were denied the chance to vote. This forced a by-election, held in February 1996. Liberal Frank Tanti won the by-election, resulting in a hung parliament. With Labor and the Coalition holding 44 seats each, the balance of power rested with Liz Cunningham, the newly elected Independent member for Gladstone. Cunningham threw her support to the Coalition, allowing Borbidge to form a minority government.

Key dates

Date Event
20 June 1995 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
24 June 1995 Close of electoral rolls.
27 June 1995 Close of nominations.
15 July 1995 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
31 July 1995 The Goss Ministry was reconstituted.
25 August 1995 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Retiring members

Labor

Results

See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1995

Queensland state election, 15 July 1995
Legislative Assembly
<< 1992–1998 >>

Enrolled voters 2,007,450
Votes cast 1,835,510 Turnout 91.43% –0.05%
Informal votes 32,030 Informal 1.75% –0.50%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 773,585 42.89% –5.84% 45 – 9
  Nationals 473,497 26.25% +2.54% 29 + 3
  Liberal 410,083 22.74% +2.30% 14 + 5
  Greens 51,748 2.87% +2.57% 0 ± 0
  Democrats 22,598 1.25% +0.82% 0 ± 0
  Confederate Action 9,329 0.52% –0.83% 0 ± 0
  Independent 62,640 3.47% –1.94% 1 + 1
Total 1,803,480     89  
Two-party-preferred
  Labor 842,766 46.73% –7.0%
  National/Liberal 960,714 53.27% +7.0%
Popular vote
Labor   42.89%
Nationals   26.25%
Liberal   22.74%
Greens   2.87%
Democrats   1.25%
Confederate Action   0.52%
Independents   3.47%
Seats
Labor   50.56%
Nationals   32.58%
Liberal   15.73%
Independents   1.12%

Seats changing hands

Seat 1992 Election Swing 1995 Election
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Albert   Labor John Szczerbanik 1.64 -5.54 3.89 Bill Baumann National  
Barron River   Labor Lesley Clark 4.16 -4.55 0.39 Lyn Warwick Liberal  
Gladstone   Labor Neil Bennett 1.99 -5.05 3.07 Liz Cunningham Independent  
Greenslopes   Labor Gary Fenlon 7.24 -7.34 0.11 Ted Radke Liberal  
Mansfield   Labor Laurel Power 2.56 -9.25 6.70 Frank Carroll Liberal  
Mount Ommaney   Labor Peter Pyke 1.25 -2.93 1.68 Bob Harper Liberal  
Mulgrave   Labor Warren Pitt 3.17 -3.64 0.47 Naomi Wilson National  
Redlands   Labor John Budd 5.25 -9.84 4.59 John Hegarty National  
Springwood   Labor Molly Robson 8.66 -19.43 10.77 Luke Woolmer Liberal  

Post-election pendulum

Labor seats (45)
Marginal
Mundingburra Ken Davies ALP 0.04%
Whitsunday Lorraine Bird ALP 0.13%
Maryborough Bob Dollin ALP 0.37%
Redcliffe Ray Hollis ALP 0.38%
Bundaberg Clem Campbell ALP 0.51%
Everton Rod Welford ALP 1.00%
Ashgrove Jim Fouras ALP 1.32%
Thuringowa Ken McElligott ALP 1.34%
Sunnybank Stephen Robertson ALP 1.37%
Currumbin Merri Rose ALP 1.53%
Townsville Geoff Smith ALP 1.78%
Hervey Bay Bill Nunn ALP 1.92%
Mount Gravatt Judy Spence ALP 2.05%
Caboolture Jon Sullivan ALP 2.27%
Cairns Keith De Lacy ALP 2.35%
Cleveland Darryl Briskey ALP 2.45%
Ferny Grove Glen Milliner ALP 3.25%
Mount Coot-tha Wendy Edmond ALP 3.48%
Kallangur Ken Hayward ALP 4.00%
Chatsworth Terry Mackenroth ALP 4.23%
Yeronga Matt Foley ALP 4.60%
Chermside Terry Sullivan ALP 5.34%
Ipswich West Don Livingstone ALP 5.49%
Mackay Tim Mulherin ALP 5.66%
Kurwongbah Margaret Woodgate ALP 5.90%
Fairly Safe
Archerfield Rod Welford ALP 6.11%
Rockhampton Robert Schwarten ALP 6.42%
Ipswich David Hamill ALP 6.44%
Fitzroy Jim Pearce ALP 6.62%
Murrumba Dean Wells ALP 7.20%
Cook Steve Bredhauer ALP 7.69%
Sandgate Gordon Nuttall ALP 7.89%
Capalaba Jim Elder ALP 8.73%
Waterford Tom Barton ALP 9.11%
Kedron Paul Braddy ALP 9.19%
Safe
Brisbane Central Peter Beattie ALP 10.28%
South Brisbane Anna Bligh ALP 10.69%
Nudgee Neil Roberts ALP 10.74%
Lytton Tom Burns ALP 11.31%
Bulimba Pat Purcell ALP 12.59%
Bundamba Bob Gibbs ALP 14.83%
Logan Wayne Goss ALP 16.92%
Woodridge Bill D'Arcy ALP 18.14%
Mount Isa Tony McGrady ALP 18.72%
Inala Henry Palaszczuk ALP 18.86%
National/Liberal seats (43)
Marginal
Greenslopes Ted Radke LIB 0.11%
Barron River Lyn Warwick LIB 0.39%
Mulgrave Naomi Wilson NAT 0.47%
Mount Ommaney Bob Harper LIB 1.68%
Albert Bill Baumann NAT 3.89%
Redlands John Hegarty NAT 4.59%
Southport Mick Veivers NAT 4.81%
Fairly Safe
Mansfield Frank Carroll LIB 6.70%
Burleigh Judy Gamin NAT 7.31%
Caloundra Joan Sheldon LIB 8.08%
Mirani Ted Malone NAT 9.07%
Aspley John Goss LIB 9.20%
Beaudesert Kev Lingard NAT 9.46%
Toowoomba North Graham Healy NAT 9.64%
Safe
Keppel Vince Lester NAT 10.35%
Burdekin Mark Stoneman NAT 10.57%
Springwood Luke Woolmer LIB 10.77%
Burnett Doug Slack NAT 11.09%
Broadwater Allan Grice NAT 11.20%
Noosa Bruce Davidson LIB 11.22%
Maroochydore Fiona Simpson NAT 12.26%
Gympie Len Stephan NAT 12.59%
Nicklin Neil Turner NAT 12.84%
Indooroopilly Denver Beanland LIB 13.25%
Nerang Ray Connor LIB 13.59%
Clayfield Santo Santoro LIB 14.17%
Hinchinbrook Marc Rowell NAT 14.71%
Merrimac Bob Quinn LIB 15.43%
Charters Towers Rob Mitchell NAT 15.60%
Toowoomba South Mike Horan NAT 16.28%
Moggill David Watson LIB 16.92%
Gregory Vaughan Johnson NAT 18.90%
Mooloolah Bruce Laming LIB 19.31%
Warwick Lawrence Springborg NAT 19.58%
Very Safe
Warrego Howard Hobbs NAT 20.69%
Lockyer Tony Fitzgerald NAT 20.82%
Surfers Paradise Rob Borbidge NAT 21.76%
Tablelands Tom Gilmore NAT 23.95%
Cunningham Tony Elliott NAT 23.80%
Barambah Trevor Perrett NAT 24.40%
Crows Nest Russell Cooper NAT 25.55%
Callide Di McCauley NAT 27.74%
Western Downs Brian Littleproud NAT 29.41%
Crossbench seats (1)
Gladstone Liz Cunningham IND 3.07% v ALP

Subsequent changes

  • On 8 December 1995, the Court of Disputed Returns declared the election in Mundingburra void and ordered a by-election. At the by-election on 3 February 1996, Frank Tanti gained the seat for the Liberal Party. This gave both the Labor Government and the National-Liberal Coalition 44 seats each, with 1 Independent. On 12 February, Independent Liz Cunningham announced her support for a National-Liberal Coalition minority government, and the Labor government resigned on 19 February.
  • On 16 May 1996, former Labor Deputy Premier Tom Burns (Lytton) resigned. At the by-election on 5 October 1996, Paul Lucas retained the seat for the Labor Party.
  • On 17 March 1997, Labor Party member Margaret Woodgate (Kurwongbah) resigned. At the by-election on 24 May 1997, Linda Lavarch retained the seat for the Labor Party.

See also

References

  1. Electoral Commission of Queensland (1995). Queensland Election 1995: Statistical Returns. The Commission. p. 8. ISBN 0-7242-4996-6.
  2. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 15 July 1995". Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  3. Hughes, Colin A. (2002). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1985-1999. Federation Press. pp. 327–328. ISBN 978-1-86287-434-3.
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