Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (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.[1]


PartyVotes%+/–Seats
Seats WonNot UpTotal SeatsSeat Change
Liberal/National Coalition1,300,74338.63Decrease 6.8581018Decrease 2
Labor1,191,17735.38Decrease 2.048917Decrease 1
Greens126,5913.76Increase 0.43101Decrease 1
Democrats108,3123.22Decrease 3.49112Steady
Call to Australia101,5563.02Decrease 0.57112Steady
Shooters95,9432.85New101New
Independents Coalition57,5731.71New000New
Against Further Immigration55,8641.66New000New
No Aircraft Noise45,1051.34New000New
ABFFOC43,2251.28New101New
Daylight Saving Extension43,1641.28New000New
Smokers Rights32,4700.96New000New
The Seniors27,9140.83New000New
Others137,5304.08000Steady
Total3,367,167100.00212142
Valid votes3,367,16793.87
Invalid/blank votes219,9606.13Decrease 0.31
Total votes3,587,127100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,837,10293.49Increase 0.22
Source: ABC

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1995 New South Wales state election.

Results

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1995 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 153,600
Liberal/National Coalition 1. John Hannaford (elected 1)
2. Duncan Gay (elected 3)
3. Helen Sham-Ho (elected 5)
4. Stephen Mutch (elected 7)
5. Richard Bull (elected 9)
6. Jim Samios (elected 11)
7. Brian Pezzutti (elected 13)
8. John Jobling (elected 15)
9. Lloyd Coleman
10. Robyn Kerr
11. Len Robert
12. Arch Humphrey
13. Rick Lewis
1,300,743 38.49 −6.85
Labor 1. Michael Egan (elected 2)
2. Ann Symonds (elected 4)
3. Ron Dyer (elected 6)
4. Paul O'Grady (elected 8)
5. Johno Johnson (elected 10)
6. Andy Manson (elected 12)
7. Patricia Staunton (elected 14)
8. Janelle Saffin (elected 21)
9. Lawrie Daly
10. Tony Kelly
11. Frank Mossfield
12. Hatton Kwok
13. Michael Samaras
14. Terry Hare
15. John Hatzistergos
1,191,177 35.25 −2.04
Greens 1. Ian Cohen (elected 16)
2. Josephine Faith
3. Leeza Dobbie
126,591 3.75 +0.42
Democrats 1. Richard Jones (elected 20)
2. Arthur Chesterfield-Evans
3. Terri Richardson
4. Simon Disney
108,312 3.21 −3.49
Call to Australia 1. Elaine Nile (elected 18)
2. Bruce Coleman
3. Kevin Hume
4. John Everingham
5. Shirley Grigg
6. Gamil Helmy
7. Barry Lawrence
101,556 3.01 −0.57
Shooters 1. John Tingle (elected 17)
2. James Pirie
3. Ted Orr
4. Suzanne O'Connell
5. Raymond Galea
6. Chris Mitchell
7. Daniel Redfern
95,943 2.84 +2.84
  Independent Coalition 1. Graeme Cordiner
2. Fiona Jessop
3. Rodney Burton
57,573 1.70 +1.70
Against Further Immigration 1. Edwin Woodger
2. Vivienne O'Callaghan
55,864 1.65 +1.65
No Aircraft Noise 1. Larry Hand
2. Jean Lennane
3. Clare Archibald
45,105 1.33 +1.33
ABFFOC 1. Alan Corbett (elected 19)
2. Erica Mackenzie
43,225 1.28 +1.28
  Daylight Saving Extension 1. Tony de Govrik
2. Dianne Siskos
3. Kim de Govrik
4. Vicki McElveney
43,164 1.28 +1.28
Smokers Rights 1. Mark Anthony
2. Robert Mayfield
32,470 0.96 +0.96
  The Seniors 1. Beryl Evans
2. Lorraine Welsh
3. Warren Page
27,914 0.83 +0.83
  The Country 1. David Kilvert
2. Tony Douglas
20,162 0.60 +0.60
Citizens Opinion Law Order Capital Punishment 1. Kevin Higgins
2. Sandra Clogher
19,081 0.56 +0.56
Environment Inds 1. Robert Cummins
2. Tony Vlatko
18,263 0.54 +0.54
  Riders and Motorists 1. Piet Baird
2. Greg Hirst
16,532 0.49 +0.49
Public Hospital Alliance 1. Maureen Davidson
2. Bill Hughes
12,767 0.38 +0.38
Independent EFF 1. Eddie Azzopardi
2. Alan Noble
12,012 0.36 −1.17
Grey Power 1. John Verheyen
2. Richard Ross
3. Olga Pickering
9,157 0.27 +0.27
Indigenous Peoples 1. Una Walker
2. Essy Coffey
8,457 0.25 +0.25
Democratic Socialist 1. Bruce Threlfo
2. Helen Jarvis
8,303 0.25 +0.25
  Abolish State Government 1. Lyn Carson
2. Stuart White
7,846 0.23 +0.23
Natural Law 1. Catherine Knoles
2. Elizabeth Eager
5,784 0.17 +0.17
Stop Dual Occupancy 1. Anthony Meaney
2. Judyth Dowdell
4,005 0.12 +0.12
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Robert Butler
2. Garth Harris
2,687 0.08 +0.08
Confederate Action 1. Nick Harvey
2. Les Gillman
2,222 0.07 +0.07
Independent Frank Arkell 1,824 0.05 +0.05
Independent Joan Manna 440 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 3,379,179 93.89 −0.44
Informal votes 219,960 6.11 +0.44
Turnout 3,599,139 93.80 +0.22

Continuing members

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The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

Member Party Term
  Virginia Chadwick Liberal 1988–1999
  Marlene Goldsmith Liberal 1988–1999
  Ted Pickering Liberal 1991–1995
  Max Willis Liberal 1991–1999
  Patricia Forsythe Liberal 1991–1999
  John Ryan Liberal 1991–1999
  Bob Smith National 1988–1999
  Robert Webster National 1991–1995
  Doug Moppett National 1991–1999
  Jenny Gardiner National 1991–1999
  Ian Macdonald Labor 1988–1999
  Jim Kaldis Labor 1988–1999
  Dorothy Isaksen Labor 1990–1999
  Eddie Obeid Labor 1991–1999
  Jeff Shaw Labor 1991–1999
  Bryan Vaughan Labor 1991–1999
  Meredith Burgmann Labor 1991–1999
  Franca Arena Labor 1991–1999
  Jan Burnswoods Labor 1991–1999
  Elisabeth Kirkby Democrats 1991–1998
  Fred Nile Call to Australia 1991–1999

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Farrell and McAllister, Australian Electoral Systems
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "New South Wales state election 1995 - Legislative Council" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.