1995 New South Wales state election

none the local government elections held in September 1995 New South Wales local elections August 2019 August 2019 1995 New South Wales state election New South Wales parliamentary no 1991 New South Wales state election 1991 1999 New South Wales state election 1999 All 99 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and 21 (of the 42) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council50 Assembly seats were needed for a majority yes 1995 03 25 170x170px Bob Carr 6 April 1988 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) Maroubra 1,408,616 41.26% 2.21 46 seats 47 seats 50 3 170x170px John Fahey 24 June 1992 Liberal/National coalition Southern Highlands 1,500,068 43.94% 0.73 49 seats 47 seats 46 1 TPP TPP swing 48.82% 1.51pp 51.18% 1.51pp 1995 New South Wales state election.svg 200px Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate Premier John Fahey Liberal/National coalition Bob Carr Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) The 1995 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 25 March 1995. All seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council were up for election. The minority Liberal Coalition government of Premier of New South Wales John Fahey was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bob Carr, who went on to become the longest continuously-serving premier in the state's history, before stepping down in 2005. Fahey pursued a brief career as a Federal Government minister. It would not be until 2023, exactly twenty-eight years later, that Labor would again win a New South Wales state election from opposition.https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-has-voted-for-change-nsw-labor-return-from-the-wilderness-20230324-p5cuwl.html 'NSW has voted for change': NSW Labor returns from the wilderness Sydney Morning Herald Tom Rabe 25 March 2023 26 March 2023 Background 1991 election Despite recording 52.7 per cent of the two-party preferred vote in 1991, the Coalition won only 49 of the 99 seats. The Coalition’s best results were in safe Liberal Party seats on Sydney’s North Shore while Labor won the battle in key marginal seats. Four seats that would normally have been held by the Coalition were won by Independents. Both John Hatton in South Coast and Clover Moore in Bligh were re-elected. They were joined by former National Party member Tony Windsor in Tamworth and local councillor Dr Peter Macdonald in Manly. Windsor quickly came to an accommodation with the Government, but the three non-aligned Independents used their position to negotiate a comprehensive memorandum of understanding. Signed in October 1991, it was a document that concentrated more on issues of accountability and process rather than specific policies. Most importantly, the agreement introduced fixed four-year parliamentary terms, a provision entrenched in the Constitution with 76 per cent support at a referendum called in conjunction with the 1995 election. Second Coalition term January 2025 Having signed the agreement with the independents, the government found its position further eroded in October 1991 when Terry Metherell resigned from the Liberal Party without warning in a live television interview. In December, the Court of Disputed Returns overturned the Government’s victory in The Entrance. Labor won the subsequent by-election in January 1992. What was to follow brought an end to the political careers of premier Nick Greiner and Environment Minister Tim Moore. A public service job was found for the disenchanted Metherell. The government was virtually certain to win his seat of Davidson at a by-election (which it subsequently did). However, Greiner and Moore found themselves before an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) investigation into the matter, with the inquiry making a finding of corrupt conduct against both. The independents who had been keeping the Coalition in office for the last year told Greiner that unless he resigned, they would withdraw their support from the Coalition and support a Labor no-confidence motion. Facing almost certain defeat in the Legislative Assembly, Greiner resigned, and Industrial Relations Minister John Fahey became the new Premier. The ICAC decision was later overturned in the courts, but by then Greiner and Moore had already resigned from Parliament. A solicitor and former footballer, Fahey’s folksy style was very different from the aloof and precise Greiner, and a significant challenge to bookish Labor leader Bob Carr. Fahey established a strong public image, helped by his highly publicised victory leap when Sydney won the right to host the 2000 Olympics, and later when he crash-tackled an intruder who lunged at Prince Charles during a royal visit. As the economy improved, the Coalition slowly began to establish a lead in opinion polls. Fahey's major problem was an accident prone Ministry and backbench. Several members in marginal seats attracted unwanted inquiries. Blue Mountains MP Barry Morris was disendorsed when he was revealed as the source of bomb threats against a local newspaper. Police Minister Terry Griffiths was forced to resign over sexual harassment allegations. Labor backed Independent John Hatton's long called for royal commission into the police, seeing it as another opportunity to embarrass the government. The government's difficulty in handling these issues was due to the increased accountability created by its minority position in the Legislative Assembly. The agreement with the non-aligned Independents did not prevent the government from bringing forward and passing controversial legislation. However, the Government was required to fully debate legislation, to hold unwanted inquiries and to table documents on request. All this prevented the government from controlling the agenda of day to day politics. Not that Labor went into the 1995 election certain of victory, Labor was tainted by the growing unpopularity of the Keating Government in Canberra. The opening of the third runway at Sydney Airport in late 1994 created confusion for the Labor Party as the issue threatened the Party's hold on several inner-city seats. To place a distance with his federal colleagues Carr branded his team as "State Labor" throughout the campaign. Two referendums were held in conjunction with the election, both of which were approved by the voters. The first concerned the independence of judges. The second, and far more important historically, was the approval of fixed four-year terms to prevent early elections, passed with 76% voting 'yes'.Referendum 25 March 1995 http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/results/referendums_and_polls/state/25_march_1995 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110218191601/http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/results/referendums_and_polls/state/25_march_1995 2011-02-18 NSW Electoral Commissionhttps://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231959790 Result of referendums 60 20 June 1991 2021-10-11 2672 Trove Key dates Date Event 3 March 1995 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.Antony Green Antony Green 1995 election totals https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/electionresults18562007/1995/Totals.htm New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 Parliament of New South Wales 14 August 2019 6 March 1995 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. 25 March 1995 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 4 April 1995 The Fahey-Armstrong Ministry resigned and the Carr Ministry was sworn in. 28 April 1995 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. 2 May 1995 Parliament resumed for business. Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) NSW Parliament File:1995 NSW Legislative Assembly.svg 3837102 185379 0.18 4.17 #f00011 Labor 1408616 2.21 50 4 #080cab Liberal 1121190 1.65 29 2 #008000 National 378878 0.58 17 Independents 160169 3.61 3 1 Democrats 97166 2.51 0 Greens 87862 1.31 0 Call to Australia 49317 0.25 0 Others 110564 2.35 0 y Two-party-preferred #f00011 Labor 1594783 1.51 #00557c Liberal/National Coalition 1671866 1.51 {{bar box|float=right|title=Popular vote| titlebar = var(--background-color-interactive)|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars= Labor Australian Labor Party 41.26 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 32.84 National National Party of Australia 11.10 Independents Independent 4.69 Democrats Australian Democrats 2.85 Greens Australian Greens 2.57 Call to Australia #800080 1.44 Others #777777 3.24 #ddd Two-party-preferred vote Coalition Coalition (Australia) 51.18 Labor Australian Labor Party 48.82 #ddd Parliamentary seats Labor Australian Labor Party 50.51 50 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 29.29 29 National National Party of Australia 17.17 17 Independents Independent 3.03 3 }}Labor easily won Blue Mountains (Liberal chances were ruined when the former Liberal member, Barry Morris, ran as an independent), and narrowly won Badgery's Creek by 107 votes and Gladesville by 260 votes, giving Labor a one-seat majority. The Liberal Party gained South Coast on the retirement of Independent John Hatton, but was unable to dislodge either Peter Macdonald in Manly or Clover Moore in Bligh. Tony Windsor was re-elected without opposition from the National Party in Tamworth. Despite winning only 48.8% of the two-party-preferred vote for the Legislative Assembly, Labor won a majority of seats. There was speculation that the introduction of one-vote one-value boundaries had disadvantaged the Coalition by locking up too many votes in its safe seats. The discrepancy since 1981 between the state-wide vote and the swing required in marginal seats certainly supported that view. An alternative argument was that the Labor Party had proved itself superior at choosing local candidates and running strong local campaigns. Whatever the cause, the Coalition’s dogged marginal seat campaign in 1995 had come perilously close to denying Labor victory. The irony was that had the Coalition run such a campaign in 1991, the Greiner Government would probably have been re-elected with a narrow majority, and the political turmoil of the previous four years would have been avoided. The Liberal Party seemed set to challenge the results in seats narrowly won by the ALP in the Court of Disputed Returns, but that idea was dropped on the instructions of the new Liberal leader Peter Collins. Legislative Council Single transferable voting used to elect the 21 members up for election this year. This was an unusually large number of members to be elected through STV.Farrell and McAllister, Australian Electoral Systems Results of the New South Wales state election, 1995 (Legislative Council) ABC File:1995 NSW Legislative Council.svg 3837102 219960 0.22 0.31 Seats Won Not Up Total Seats Seat Change #00557c Liberal/National Coalition 1300743 6.85 8 10 18 2 #f00011 Labor 1191177 2.04 8 9 17 1 Greens 126591 0.43 1 0 1 1 Democrats 108312 3.49 1 1 2 Call to Australia 101556 0.57 1 1 2 Shooters 95943 New 1 0 1 New Independents Coalition 57573 New 0 0 0 New Against Further Immigration 55864 New 0 0 0 New No Aircraft Noise 45105 New 0 0 0 New ABFFOC 43225 New 1 0 1 New Daylight Saving Extension 43164 New 0 0 0 New Smokers Rights 32470 New 0 0 0 New The Seniors 27914 New 0 0 0 New Others 137530 – 0 0 0 Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1995 Swing Post-1995 Party Member Margin Margin Member Party Badgerys Creek  Liberal Anne Cohen 2.5 -2.6 0.1 Diane Beamer Labor  Blue Mountains  Independent* Barry Morris 2.7 -5.2 2.5 Bob Debus Labor  Gladesville  Liberal Ivan Petch 2.9 -3.3 0.4 John Watkins Labor  South Coast  Independent John Hatton 18.3 -22.9 4.6 Eric Ellis Liberal  Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. The member for Blue Mountains, Barry Morris was elected as a Liberal at the 1991 election, but resigned from the party. He recontested this seat as an independent. The pre-election margin is the Liberal vs. Labor vote. In addition, the Labor Party held the district of The Entrance, which it had won from the Liberals at the 1992 by-election. Post-election pendulum Labor seats (50)Marginal Badgerys CreekDiane BeamerALP0.1% GladesvilleJohn WatkinsALP0.4% BathurstMick CloughALP1.0% KogarahBrian LangtonALP1.5% DrummoyneJohn MurrayALP2.2% Blue MountainsBob DebusALP2.5% PenrithFaye Lo Po'ALP2.8% The EntranceGrant McBrideALP4.1% Broken HillBill BeckrogeALP4.7%Fairly safe CoogeeErnie PageALP6.1% PeatsMarie AndrewsALP8.4% WyongPaul CrittendenALP8.7% Port StephensBob MartinALP9.0% ParramattaGabrielle HarrisonALP9.2% HurstvilleMorris IemmaALP9.6%Safe SwanseaJill HallALP10.5% MarrickvilleAndrew RefshaugeALP10.5% v NAN BlacktownPam AllanALP10.6% RiverstoneJohn AquilinaALP10.6% East HillsPat RoganALP10.7% RockdaleGeorge ThompsonALP11.2% BulliIan McManusALP11.3% CanterburyKevin MossALP11.7% CampbelltownMichael KnightALP11.8% KiamaBob HarrisonALP12.2% WallsendJohn MillsALP12.5% MoorebankCraig KnowlesALP12.8% CessnockStan NeillyALP13.1% Port JacksonSandra NoriALP13.6% v NAN SmithfieldCarl ScullyALP13.7% MaroubraBob CarrALP13.8% KeiraCol MarkhamALP13.9% CharlestownRichard FaceALP14.2% GranvilleKim YeadonALP14.5% Lake MacquarieJeff HunterALP14.8% AshfieldPaul WhelanALP15.2% LondonderryPaul GibsonALP15.3% NewcastleBryce GaudryALP16.1% BankstownDoug SheddenALP16.2% Mount DruittRichard AmeryALP16.7% FairfieldJoe TripodiALP17.1% AuburnPeter NagleALP17.4% LakembaTony StewartALP18.7% HeffronDeirdre GrusovinALP18.8% St MarysJim AndersonALP18.9% LiverpoolPaul LynchALP19.1% WollongongGerry SullivanALP20.1%IllawarraTerry RumbleALP20.5%CabramattaReba MeagherALP21.2%WaratahJohn PriceALP24.1% Liberal/National seats (46)MarginalMurwillumbahDon BeckNAT2.1%CamdenLiz KernohanLIB2.6%MaitlandPeter BlackmoreLIB4.1%South CoastEric EllisLIB4.6%GosfordChris HartcherLIB5.5%Fairly safeStrathfieldPaul ZammitLIB6.0%SutherlandChris DownyLIB6.4%MirandaRon PhillipsLIB6.7%ErmingtonMichael PhotiosLIB7.8%Georges RiverMarie FicarraLIB8.0%ClarenceIan CausleyNAT8.3%Coffs HarbourAndrew FraserNAT8.7%CronullaMalcolm KerrLIB9.8%BurrinjuckAlby SchultzLIB9.9%SafeMurrumbidgeeAdrian CruickshankNAT10.2%Southern HighlandsJohn FaheyLIB10.4%Wagga WaggaJoe SchippLIB10.7%Port MacquarieWendy MachinNAT11.7%WakehurstBrad HazzardLIB12.9%Northern TablelandsRay ChappellNAT13.7%LismoreBill RixonNAT13.7%BegaRussell SmithLIB13.7%EastwoodAndrew TinkLIB14.2%OxleyBruce JefferyNAT14.8%VauclusePeter DebnamLIB15.4%MonaroPeter CochranNAT16.2%AlburyIan GlachanLIB16.3%OrangeGary WestNAT16.4%BallinaDon PageNAT17.4%Baulkham HillsWayne MertonLIB17.5%DubboGerry PeacockeNAT18.0%Myall LakesJohn TurnerNAT18.4%HawkesburyKevin RozzoliLIB18.5%NorthcottBarry O'FarrellLIB18.6%Upper HunterGeorge SourisNAT19.0%Ku-ring-gaiStephen O'DohertyLIB19.0%North ShoreJillian SkinnerLIB19.2%WilloughbyPeter CollinsLIB20.0%BarwonIan Slack-SmithNAT20.1%Lane CoveKerry ChikarovskiLIB20.2%PittwaterJim LongleyLIB20.8%LachlanIan ArmstrongNAT22.4%DavidsonAndrew HumphersonLIB22.8%The HillsMichael RichardsonLIB25.3%MurrayJim SmallNAT27.6%GordonJeremy KinrossLIB30.3%Crossbench seats (3)ManlyPeter MacdonaldIND0.4% v LIBBlighClover MooreIND5.5% v LIBTamworthTony WindsorIND34.8% v ALP See also Candidates of the 1995 New South Wales state election References Category:Elections in New South Wales New South Wales state election Category:1995 in New South Wales New South Wales state election