1995 Canberra by-election

March 2018 March 2018 Australia parliamentary no 25 March 1995 1993 1996 #Opinion polling 150x150px Brendan Smyth Liberal Party of Australia 39,021 46.29% 10.07 150x150px Sue Robinson Australian Labor Party 25,689 30.48% 21.78 150x150px James Warden Australian Greens 10,835 12.85% 12.85 TPP TPP swing 56.58% 16.12 43.42% 16.12 MP Ros Kelly Australian Labor Party Brendan Smyth Liberal Party of Australia The 1995 Canberra by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Canberra in Australian Capital Territory on 25 March 1995. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Australian Labor Party's Ros Kelly on 30 January 1995. The writ for the by-election was issued on 17 February 1995.Bachelard Michael Former Alliance MP eves federal seat https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132460003 The Canberra Times 31 October 2024 1 19 January 1995Lynga Gosta ACT Greens in federal by-election https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/act-greens-federal-election Green Left 11 September 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20200926214049/https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/act-greens-federal-election 26 September 2020 22 March 1995 The by-election was won by Liberal Party candidate Brendan Smyth, making it the first (and currently the only) by-election in the ACT to have been won by the Liberal Party. The by-election took place in the shadow of the "sports rorts" affair which resulted in Kelly's resignation as a minister. Smyth would later contest the new seat of Namadgi at the 1996 election but was defeated. Subsequent to his career in Federal Parliament, Smyth became leader of the ACT Liberal Party from 2002 to 2006. This was the last by election that the Liberal Party took a seat off of another party. Results 1995 Canberra by-electionCanberra (ACT) By-Election (25 March 1995)1993 ACT election results: Adam Carr electoral archive Brendan Smyth Liberal 39,021 46.29 +10.07 Sue Robinson Labor 25,689 30.48 −21.78 James Warden Greens 10,835 12.85 +12.85 Robyn Spencer AAFI 3,515 4.17 +4.17 Joanne Clarke Independent 2,274 2.70 +2.70 Jerzy Gray-Grzeszkiewicz Independent 1,956 2.32 +2.32 Joseph Cotta Republican 1,003 1.19 +1.19 84,293 96.46 −0.68 3,095 3.54 +0.68 87,388 88.57 −8.39 Liberal Brendan Smyth 47,672 56.58 +16.12 Labor Sue Robinson 36,577 43.42 −16.12 Liberal Labor +16.12 Opinion polling Voting intention DateFirmInterviewmode SamplesizePrimary vote2PP white Liberal Party of Australia LIB white Australian Labor Party ALP white Australian Greens GRN white Australians Against Further Immigration AAFI OTH Other UND Undecided white Liberal Party of Australia LIB white Australian Labor Party ALP 25 March 1995 1995 by-election — 84,293 46.29% 30.48% 12.85% 4.17% 6.21% — 56.58% 43.42% 27 February−2 March 1995 Internal Labor pollingHenderson Ian Labor poll shows Liberal win https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127519359 The Canberra Times 27 October 2024 1 22 March 1995 505 40.2% 30.7% 9.0% — 11%Independents had 11%. 5% 18 February 1995 Liberal Party wins ACT election with 7 seats 28 January−7 February 1995 Canberra Times/DatacolLabor ahead in Ros Kelly's former seat https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133334639 The Canberra Times 3 11 February 1995ABOUT THE POLL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133334627 The Canberra Times 3 11 February 1995 Telephone 916 29% 38% 3% — 4%The Democrats had 3% and independents had 2%. 26% 13 March 1993 1993 electionCANBERRA, ACT http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1993/1993repsact.txt Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive 27 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20231204234119/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1993/1993repsact.txt 4 December 2023 13 March 1993 — 92,382 36.22% 52.26% 3.46% — 8.05%The Australian Democrats had 5.34%, the Abolish Self Government Coalition had 1.85% and the Natural Law Party had 0.86%. — 40.44% 59.56% See also List of Australian federal by-elections Notes References Category:1995 elections in Australia Category:Australian Capital Territory federal by-elections Category:1990s in the Australian Capital Territory Category:March 1995 in Australia