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1998 Australian Capital Territory election

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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1998 Australian Capital Territory election

| country = Australian Capital Territory

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| vote_type = First preference

| previous_election = 1995 Australian Capital Territory election

| previous_year = 1995

| next_election = 2001 Australian Capital Territory election

| next_year = 2001

| seats_for_election = All 17 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

| majority_seats = 9

| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1998|02|21}}

| turnout = 91.8 ({{increase}} 2.3 pp)

| image1 = {{CSS image crop |Image = Kate_Carnell.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 5|oLeft = 0|Location = center}}

| leader1 = Kate Carnell

| leader_since1 = 21 April 1993

| party1 = Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division)

| leaders_seat1 = Molonglo

| popular_vote1 = 68,221

| percentage1 = 37.8%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 2.7

| last_election1 = 7 seats

| seats1 = 7

| seat_change1 = {{steady}}

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Labor Placeholder.png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader2 = Wayne Berry

| leader_since2 = 19 August 1997

| party2 = Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)

| leaders_seat2 = Ginninderra

| popular_vote2 = 49,798

| percentage2 = 27.7%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 4.0

| last_election2 = 6 seats

| seats2 = 6

| seat_change2 = {{steady}}

| image3 =

GRN

| leader3 = No leader

| leader_since3 = —

| party3 = ACT Greens

| leaders_seat3 = —

| popular_vote3 = 16,417

| percentage3 = 9.1%

| swing3 = {{steady}}

| last_election3 = 2 seats

| seats3 = 1

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 1

| map_image = 1998 Australian Capital Territory election.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = Results by electorate

| title = Chief Minister

| posttitle = Resulting Chief Minister

| before_election = Kate Carnell

| before_party = Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division)

| after_election = Kate Carnell

| after_party = Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division)

}}

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.{{cite web

| url = http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/1998/week01/6.htm

| title = Legislative Assembly for the ACT - Week 1

| work = ACT Hansard

| publisher = ACT Legislative Assembly

| date = 1998-03-19

| accessdate = 2010-08-08}}

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

{{cite web

|url = http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/1998_election/election_timetable_1998_election|title = Election timetable|work = ACT Legislative Assembly election - 1998|publisher = ACT Electoral Commission|year = 1998|accessdate = 2015-10-19}}

  • Close of party registration: 15 January 1998
  • Pre-election period commenced/nominations opened: 16 January 1998
  • Rolls closed: 23 January 1998
  • Nominations closed: 29 January 1998
  • Nominations declared/ballot paper order determined: 30 January 1998
  • Pre-poll voting commenced: 2 February 1998
  • Polling day: 21 February 1998
  • Poll declared: 17 March 1998

Overview

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Candidates

{{cite web

|url = http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/1998_election/voting_data_1998_election|work = 1998 Election|title = Voting data|publisher = ACT Electoral Commission|year = 1998|accessdate = 2015-10-19}}

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 electorate|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.

class="wikitable"

!Labor candidates

!Liberal candidates

!Greens candidates

!Democrats candidates

bgcolor="#cccccc"

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|{{Australian party style|Greens}}|{{Australian party style|Democrats}}| 
{{Australian party shading/Labor}} valign=top |

John Hargreaves*

Karen Mow

Kathryn Presdee

Andrew Whitecross

Bill Wood*

|{{Australian party shading/Liberal}} valign=top |

Geoff Didier

Margaret Head

Trevor Kaine*

Louise Littlewood

Brendan Smyth*

|valign=top |

Sue Ellerman

Peter Farrelly

Liz Stephens

Fiona Tito

|valign=top |

Charlie Bell

Geoff Dodd

Anna Grant

Mark Peirce

Adele Tait

bgcolor="#cccccc"

!Osborne candidates

!CDP candidates

!Ungrouped

!

bgcolor="#cccccc"

| bgcolor="#999999"|

{{Australian party style|Christian Democrats}}|bgcolor="#999999"|bgcolor="#999999"| 
{{Australian party shading/Independent}} valign=top |

Linda Moore

Paul Osborne*

|valign=top |

Stephen Carter

Francis Piccin

|valign=top |

Tom Cornwell (Ind)

Margaret A Kobier (Ind)

Margot Marshall (Ind)

Peter Menegazzo (Ind)

Leonard Munday

|valign=top |

=[[Ginninderra electorate|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.

class="wikitable"

!Labor candidates

!Liberal candidates

!Greens candidates

!Democrats candidates

bgcolor="#cccccc"

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|{{Australian party style|Greens}}|{{Australian party style|Democrats}}| 
{{Australian party shading/Labor}} valign=top |

Wayne Berry*

Roberta McRae

Joy Nicholls

Chris Sant

Jon Stanhope*

|{{Australian party shading/Liberal}} valign=top |

Terry Birtles

Vicki Dunne

Warwick Gow

Harold Hird*

Bill Stefaniak*

|valign=top |

Jennifer Palma

Shane Rattenbury

Dierk Von Behrens

Molly Wainwright

|valign=top |

Alex Allars

Jocelyn Bell

Terry Holder

Stephen Selden

Peter Vandenbroek

bgcolor="#cccccc"

!Osborne candidates

!CDP candidates

!PLP candidates

!Ungrouped

bgcolor="#cccccc"

| bgcolor="#999999"|

{{Australian party style|Christian Democrats}}|{{Australian party style|Progressive Labour}}|bgcolor="#999999"| 
{{Australian party shading/Independent}} valign=top |

Hilary Back

Dave Rugendyke*

|valign=top |

John Richard Miller

Ivan Young

|valign=top |

Renee Brooks

Morgan Graham

|valign=top |

Alice Chu (Ind)

Cheryl Hill

Derek Hill

Connie Steven (Ind)

Helen Szuty

Manuel Xyrakis

=[[Molonglo electorate|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.

class="wikitable"

!Labor candidates

!Liberal candidates

!Greens candidates

!Democrats candidates

!Moore candidates

bgcolor="#cccccc"

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|{{Australian party style|Greens}}|{{Australian party style|Democrats}}|bgcolor="#999999"| 
{{Australian party shading/Labor}} valign=top |

Simon Corbell*

Chris Flaherty

Steve Garth

Tania McMurtry

John O'Keefe

Ted Quinlan*

Marion Reilly

|{{Australian party shading/Liberal}} valign=top |

Greg Aouad

Jacqui Burke

Kate Carnell*

Greg Cornwell*

Gary Humphries*

John Louttit

Nick Tolley

|{{Australian party shading/Greens}} valign=top |

Miko Kirschbaum

Caroline Le Couteur

Tiffany Lynch

Roland Manderson

Niki Ruker

Michael Smitheram

Kerrie Tucker*

|valign=top |

John Davey

Jane Errey

John Kennedy

Melissa McEwen

Jonathan Tonge

Jason Wood

|{{Australian party shading/Independent}} valign=top |

Joan Kellett

Michael Moore*

bgcolor="#cccccc"

!Osborne candidates

!CDP candidates

!PLP candidates

!DSP candidates

!Ungrouped

bgcolor="#cccccc"

| bgcolor="#999999"|

{{Australian party style|Christian Democrats}}|{{Australian party style|Progressive Labour}}|{{Australian party style|Democratic Socialist Party}}|bgcolor="#999999"| 
valign=top |

Chris Carlile

Chris Uhlmann

|valign=top |

Terry Craig

John Edward Miller

|valign=top |

Robin Bartrum

Bora Kanra

|valign=top |

Sue Bull

Tim Gooden

Nicholas Soudakoff

|valign=top |

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

{{main|Results of the 1998 Australian Capital Territory election}}

{{Election results

|image=File:1998 ACT Legislative Assembly.svg

|electorate=205248

|invalid=8134

|turnoutsw={{increase}} 2.3

|invalidsw={{decrease}} 1.9

|party1=Liberal

|votes1=68221

|sw1={{decrease}} 2.65

|seats1=7

|sc1={{steady}} 0

|party2=Labor

|votes2=49798

|sw2={{decrease}} 4.02

|seats2=6

|sc2={{steady}} 0

|colour3=#91c94a

|party3=Osborne Independent Group

|votes3=16426

|sw3=New

|seats3=2

|sc3=New

|party4=Greens

|votes4=16417

|sw4={{increase}} 0.04

|seats4=1

|sc4={{decrease}} 1

|party5=Democrats

|votes5=10786

|sw5={{increase}} 2.07

|seats5=0

|sc5={{steady}} 0

|party6=Independents

|votes6=9232

|sw6={{decrease}} 0.48

|seats6=0

|sc6={{decrease}} 1

|colour7={{party color|Others}}

|party7=Moore Independents

|votes7=5261

|sw7={{decrease}} 4.13

|seats7=1

|sc7={{steady}} 0

|party8=Christian Democrats

|votes8=3027

|sw8={{increase}} 1.68

|seats8=0

|sc8={{steady}} 0

|colour9=#e32636

|party9=Democratic Socialist Perspective

|votes9=745

|sw9={{increase}} 0.41

|seats9=0

|sc9={{steady}} 0

|colour10=#b7410e

|party10=Progressive Labour

|votes10=437

|sw10={{increase}} 0.24

|seats10=0

|sc10=New

}}

class="wikitable"

|+ Results by electorate

colspan=2 |

! colspan=3 | Brindabella

! colspan=3 | Ginninderra

! colspan=3 | Molonglo

style="font-size: 0.9em"

! colspan = 2 | Party

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! Votes

! %

! Seats

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}};" |

| Liberal

| align="right" | 20,110

| align="right" | 37.1

| align="right" | 2

| align="right" | 16,741

| align="right" | 33.2

| align="right" | 2

| align="right" | 31,370

| align="right" | 41.5

| align="right" | 3

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" |

| Labor

| align="right" | 15,463

| align="right" | 28.5

| align="right" | 2

| align="right" | 14,931

| align="right" | 29.6

| align="right" | 2

| align="right" | 19,404

| align="right" | 25.6

| align="right" | 2

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style="background:;" |

| Osborne Independent Group

| align="right" | 8,804

| align="right" | 16.2

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 4,856

| align="right" | 9.6

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 2,766

| align="right" | 3.7

| align="right" | 0

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style = "background:{{party color|Australian Greens}};" |

| Greens

| align="right" | 4,383

| align="right" | 8.1

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 4,384

| align="right" | 8.7

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 7,650

| align="right" | 10.1

| align="right" | 1

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style = "background:{{party color|Australian Democrats}};" |

| Democrats

| align="right" | 3,336

| align="right" | 6.2

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 3,614

| align="right" | 7.2

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 3,836

| align="right" | 5.1

| align="right" | 0

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style = "background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

| Independent

| align="right" | 1,244

| align="right" | 2.3

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 4,745

| align="right" | 9.4

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 3,243

| align="right" | 4.3

| align="right" | 0

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style = "background:;" |

| Moore Independents

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | 5,261

| align="right" | 7.0

| align="right" | 1

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style = "background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Australia)}};" |

| Christian Democrats

| align="right" | 911

| align="right" | 1.7

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 922

| align="right" | 1.8

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 1,194

| align="right" | 1.6

| align="right" | 0

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style = "background:#E32636;" |

| Democratic Socialist

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | 745

| align="right" | 1.0

| align="right" | 0

style="font-size: 0.9em";"

| style = "background:#B7410E;" |

| Progressive Labour

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | 240

| align="right" | 0.5

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 197

| align="right" | 0.3

| align="right" | 0

class="wikitable"

|+ Distribution of seats

Electorate

! colspan=7| Seats held

| Brindabella

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Independent}} | O

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |  

| colspan = "2" rowspan = "2" |

| Ginninderra

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Independent}} | O

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |  

| Molonglo

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Independent}} | M

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |  

| width=20 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |  

M - Moore Independents

O - Osborne Independent Group

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.elections.act.gov.au/ ACT Electoral Commission]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110217044100/http://www.legassembly.act.gov.au/education/memlist/memlist.pdf ACT Legislative Assembly - List of Members (1989 - 2008)]

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