1995 Queensland state election

{{for|the local government elections held in March|1995 Queensland local elections}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1995 Queensland state election

| country = Queensland

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1992 Queensland state election

| previous_year = 1992

| next_election = 1998 Queensland state election

| next_year = 1998

| seats_for_election = All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

| turnout = 91.43 ({{decrease}} 0.05 pp)

| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1995|07|15}}

| image2 = {{Election image filler|National Party of Australia|N/LC|150x150px}}

| leader2 = Rob Borbidge

| leader_since2 = 10 December 1991

| colour2 = 006946

| party2 = National/Liberal coalition

| leaders_seat2 = Surfers Paradise

| popular_vote2 = 883,580

| percentage2 = 48.99%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 4.85

| last_election2 = 35 seats, 44.15%

| seats2 = 43

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 8

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Wayne Goss

| leader_since1 = {{start date|df=yes|1988|03|02}}

| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

| leaders_seat1 = Logan

| popular_vote1 = 773,585

| percentage1 = 42.89%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 5.84

| last_election1 = 54 seats, 48.73%

| seats1 = 45

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 9

| 1blank = TPP

| 1data1 = 46.73%

| 1data2 = 53.27%

| 2blank = TPP swing

| 2data1 = {{decrease}} 7.00

| 2data2 = {{increase}} 7.00

| map_image = 1995 Queensland election - Vote Strength.svg

| map_size = 400px

| map_caption = The top map shows the first party preference by electorate. The bottom map shows the final two-party preferred vote by electorate.

| title = Premier

| before_election = Wayne Goss

| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

| after_election = Wayne Goss

| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

}}

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

class="wikitable"
Date ! Event
20 June 1995 \| Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.{{cite book\|title=Queensland Election 1995: Statistical Returns\|author=Electoral Commission of Queensland\|year=1995\|isbn=0-7242-4996-6\|page=8\|publisher=The Commission }}
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.

class="wikitable"

Date

! Event

20 June 1995

| Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.{{cite book|title=Queensland Election 1995: Statistical Returns|author=Electoral Commission of Queensland|year=1995|isbn=0-7242-4996-6|page=8|publisher=The Commission }}

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

{{Australian elections/Title row

| title = Queensland state election, 15 July 1995{{cite web|url=http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=804|title=Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 15 July 1995|author=Australian Government and Politics Database|access-date=22 February 2009}}{{cite book|title=A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1985-1999|last=Hughes|first=Colin A.|year=2002|publisher=Federation Press|isbn=978-1-86287-434-3|pages=327–328}}

| house = Legislative Assembly

| series = Queensland state election

| back = 1992

| forward = 1998

| enrolled = 2,007,450

| total_votes = 1,835,510

| turnout % = 91.43%

| turnout chg = –0.05%

| informal = 32,030

| informal % = 1.75%

| informal chg = –0.50%

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|government = yes

|party_id = Labor QLD |party=Labor

|votes = 773,585

|votes % = 42.89%

|votes chg = –5.84%

|seats = 45

|seats chg = – 9

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Nationals QLD |party=Nationals

|votes = 473,497

|votes % = 26.25%

|votes chg = +2.54%

|seats = 29

|seats chg = + 3

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Liberal QLD

|votes = 410,083

|votes % = 22.74%

|votes chg = +2.30%

|seats = 14

|seats chg = + 5

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Greens QLD

|party = Greens

|votes = 51,748

|votes % = 2.87%

|votes chg = +2.57%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Democrats

|votes = 22,598

|votes % = 1.25%

|votes chg = +0.82%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Confederate Action

|votes = 9,329

|votes % = 0.52%

|votes chg = –0.83%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Independent

|votes = 62,640

|votes % = 3.47%

|votes chg = –1.94%

|seats = 1

|seats chg = + 1

}}

{{Australian elections/Total row |

|total_votes = 1,803,480

|total_seats = 89

}}

{{Australian elections/2PP summary |

|party id 1 = Labor QLD

|2pp votes 1 = 842,766

|2pp % 1 = 46.73%

|2pp chg 1 = –7.0%

|party id 2 = Nationals QLD

|party 2 = National/Liberal

|2pp votes 2 = 960,714

|2pp % 2 = 53.27%

|2pp chg 2 = +7.0%

}}

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|42.89}}

{{bar percent|Nationals|{{party color|National Party of Australia}}|26.25}}

{{bar percent|Liberal|{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}|22.74}}

{{bar percent|Greens|{{party color|Australian Greens}}|2.87}}

{{bar percent|Democrats|{{party color|Australian Democrats}}|1.25}}

{{bar percent|Independents|{{party color|Independent}}|3.47}}

}}

{{bar box|title=Seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|50.56}}

{{bar percent|Nationals|{{party color|National Party of Australia}}|32.58}}

{{bar percent|Liberal|{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}|15.73}}

{{bar percent|Independents|{{party color|Independent}}|1.12}}

}}

Seats changing hands

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" \| Seat ! colspan="4" \| 1992 Election ! rowspan="2" \| Swing ! colspan="4" \| 1995 Election
colspan="2" \| Party ! Member ! Margin ! Margin ! Member ! colspan="2" \| Party
Albert \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| John Szczerbanik \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1.64 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -5.54 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 3.89 \| Bill Baumann \| National \|{{Australian party style\|National}}\|
Barron River \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| Lesley Clark \| style="text-align:right;"\| 4.16 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -4.55 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 0.39 \| Lyn Warwick \| Liberal \|{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\|
Gladstone \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| Neil Bennett \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1.99 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -5.05 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 3.07 \| Liz Cunningham \| Independent \|{{Australian party style\|Independent}}\|
Greenslopes \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| Gary Fenlon \| style="text-align:right;"\| 7.24 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -7.34 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 0.11 \| Ted Radke \| Liberal \|{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\|
Mansfield \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| Laurel Power \| style="text-align:right;"\| 2.56 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -9.25 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 6.70 \| Frank Carroll \| Liberal \|{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\|
Mount Ommaney \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| Peter Pyke \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1.25 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -2.93 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1.68 \| Bob Harper \| Liberal \|{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\|
Mulgrave \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| Warren Pitt \| style="text-align:right;"\| 3.17 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -3.64 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 0.47 \| Naomi Wilson \| National \|{{Australian party style\|National}}\|
Redlands \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| John Budd \| style="text-align:right;"\| 5.25 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -9.84 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 4.59 \| John Hegarty \| National \|{{Australian party style\|National}}\|
Springwood \|{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| Molly Robson \| style="text-align:right;"\| 8.66 \| style="text-align:right;"\| -19.43 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 10.77 \| Luke Woolmer \| Liberal \|{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\|

class="wikitable"

rowspan="2" | Seat

! colspan="4" | 1992 Election

! rowspan="2" | Swing

! colspan="4" | 1995 Election

colspan="2" | Party

! Member

! Margin

! Member

! colspan="2" | Party

Albert

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| John Szczerbanik

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.64

| style="text-align:right;"| -5.54

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.89

| Bill Baumann

| National

|{{Australian party style|National}}|

Barron River

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| Lesley Clark

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.16

| style="text-align:right;"| -4.55

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.39

| Lyn Warwick

| Liberal

|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

Gladstone

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| Neil Bennett

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.99

| style="text-align:right;"| -5.05

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.07

| Liz Cunningham

| Independent

|{{Australian party style|Independent}}|

Greenslopes

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| Gary Fenlon

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.24

| style="text-align:right;"| -7.34

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.11

| Ted Radke

| Liberal

|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

Mansfield

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| Laurel Power

| style="text-align:right;"| 2.56

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.25

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.70

| Frank Carroll

| Liberal

|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

Mount Ommaney

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| Peter Pyke

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.25

| style="text-align:right;"| -2.93

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.68

| Bob Harper

| Liberal

|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

Mulgrave

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| Warren Pitt

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.17

| style="text-align:right;"| -3.64

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.47

| Naomi Wilson

| National

|{{Australian party style|National}}|

Redlands

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| John Budd

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.25

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.84

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.59

| John Hegarty

| National

|{{Australian party style|National}}|

Springwood

|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| Molly Robson

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.66

| style="text-align:right;"| -19.43

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.77

| Luke Woolmer

| Liberal

|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

Post-election pendulum

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COLSPAN=4 align="center" |Labor seats (45)

COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" |Marginal

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Mundingburra

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Ken Davies