1998 Australian Capital Territory election

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1998 Australian Capital Territory election
Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg
  1995 21 February 1998 (1998-02-21) 2001  

All 17 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.8 (Increase2.svg 2.3 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Kate Carnell.jpg
Labor Placeholder.png
GRN
Leader Kate Carnell Wayne Berry No leader
Party Liberal Labor Greens
Leader since21 April 199319 August 1997
Leader's seat Molonglo Ginninderra
Last election7 seats6 seats2 seats
Seats won761
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
First preference  vote68,22149,79816,417
Percentage37.8%27.7%9.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.7Decrease2.svg 4.0Steady2.svg

1998 Australian Capital Territory election.svg
Results by electorate

Chief Minister before election

Kate Carnell
Liberal

Resulting Chief Minister

Kate Carnell
Liberal

Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 21 February 1998. The incumbent Liberal Party, led by Kate Carnell, was challenged by the Labor Party, led by Wayne Berry. 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 independents Michael Moore, Paul Osborne, and Dave Rugendyke. Carnell was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the fourth Assembly on 19 March 1998. [1]

Contents

Subsequent to the election and during the life of the fourth Assembly, on 18 October 2000, Carnell stepped down as Chief Minister and was replaced by Gary Humphries.

This would be the last time the Liberal Party (or the Coalition) would form government at a state or territory level after an election until the 2008 Western Australian state election. Also, this is the last time the Liberal Party has formed government after an election in the ACT.

Key dates

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Overview

Candidates

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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 (*).

Retiring Members

Greens

Brindabella

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Paul Osborne Independent Group was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Greens candidates Democrats candidates
 

John Hargreaves*
Karen Mow
Kathryn Presdee
Andrew Whitecross
Bill Wood *

Geoff Didier
Margaret Head
Trevor Kaine *
Louise Littlewood
Brendan Smyth*

Sue Ellerman
Peter Farrelly
Liz Stephens
Fiona Tito

Charlie Bell
Geoff Dodd
Anna Grant
Mark Peirce
Adele Tait

Osborne candidates CDP candidatesUngrouped
 

Linda Moore
Paul Osborne *

Stephen Carter
Francis Piccin

Tom Cornwell (Ind)
Margaret A Kobier (Ind)
Margot Marshall (Ind)
Peter Menegazzo (Ind)
Leonard Munday

Ginninderra

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Greens candidates Democrats candidates
 

Wayne Berry *
Roberta McRae
Joy Nicholls
Chris Sant
Jon Stanhope*

Terry Birtles
Vicki Dunne
Warwick Gow
Harold Hird *
Bill Stefaniak *

Jennifer Palma
Shane Rattenbury
Dierk Von Behrens
Molly Wainwright

Alex Allars
Jocelyn Bell
Terry Holder
Stephen Selden
Peter Vandenbroek

Osborne candidates CDP candidates PLP candidatesUngrouped
 

Hilary Back
Dave Rugendyke*

John Richard Miller
Ivan Young

Renee Brooks
Morgan Graham

Alice Chu (Ind)
Cheryl Hill
Derek Hill
Connie Steven (Ind)
Helen Szuty
Manuel Xyrakis

Molonglo

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat. The Moore Independents were defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Greens candidates Democrats candidates Moore candidates
 

Simon Corbell *
Chris Flaherty
Steve Garth
Tania McMurtry
John O'Keefe
Ted Quinlan*
Marion Reilly

Greg Aouad
Jacqui Burke
Kate Carnell *
Greg Cornwell *
Gary Humphries *
John Louttit
Nick Tolley

Miko Kirschbaum
Caroline Le Couteur
Tiffany Lynch
Roland Manderson
Niki Ruker
Michael Smitheram
Kerrie Tucker *

John Davey
Jane Errey
John Kennedy
Melissa McEwen
Jonathan Tonge
Jason Wood

Joan Kellett
Michael Moore *

Osborne candidates CDP candidates PLP candidates DSP candidatesUngrouped
 

Chris Carlile
Chris Uhlmann

Terry Craig
John Edward Miller

Robin Bartrum
Bora Kanra

Sue Bull
Tim Gooden
Nicholas Soudakoff

Pamela Ayson (Ind)
Daryl Arthur Black (Ind)
Nick Dyer (Ind)
Jerzy Gray-Grzeszkiewicz (Ind)
Noel Habercht
John Hancock (Ind)
Jeremy Leyland (Shooters ACT)
Roger Nicholls (Ind)
Jacqui Rees
Peter Willmott (Ind)

Results

1998 ACT Legislative Assembly.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Liberal 68,22137.83Decrease2.svg 2.657Steady2.svg 0
Labor 49,79827.61Decrease2.svg 4.026Steady2.svg 0
Osborne Independent Group 16,4269.11New2New
Greens 16,4179.10Increase2.svg 0.041Decrease2.svg 1
Democrats 10,7865.98Increase2.svg 2.070Steady2.svg 0
Independents 9,2325.12Decrease2.svg 0.480Decrease2.svg 1
Moore Independents 5,2612.92Decrease2.svg 4.131Steady2.svg 0
Christian Democrats 3,0271.68Increase2.svg 1.680Steady2.svg 0
Democratic Socialist Perspective 7450.41Increase2.svg 0.410Steady2.svg 0
Progressive Labour 4370.24Increase2.svg 0.240New
Total180,350100.0017
Valid votes180,35095.68
Invalid/blank votes8,1344.32Decrease2.svg 1.9
Total votes188,484100.00
Registered voters/turnout205,24891.83Increase2.svg 2.3
Results by electorate
BrindabellaGinninderraMolonglo
PartyVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %Seats
Liberal 20,11037.1216,74133.2231,37041.53
Labor 15,46328.5214,93129.6219,40425.62
Osborne Independent Group 8,80416.214,8569.612,7663.70
Greens 4,3838.104,3848.707,65010.11
Democrats 3,3366.203,6147.203,8365.10
Independent 1,2442.304,7459.403,2434.30
Moore Independents 5,2617.01
Christian Democrats 9111.709221.801,1941.60
Democratic Socialist 7451.00
Progressive Labour 2400.501970.30
Distribution of seats
ElectorateSeats held
Brindabella    O   
Ginninderra   O  
Molonglo     M    

M - Moore Independents
O - Osborne Independent Group

See also

References

  1. "Legislative Assembly for the ACT - Week 1". ACT Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  2. "Election timetable". ACT Legislative Assembly election - 1998. ACT Electoral Commission. 1998. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. "Voting data". 1998 Election. ACT Electoral Commission. 1998. Retrieved 19 October 2015.