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1995 Canberra by-election

Field	Value
country	Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
election_date	25 March 1995
previous_year	1993
next_year	1996
opinion_polls	#Opinion polling
image1	[[File:Brendan Smyth Wanniassa head.jpg	150x150px]]
candidate1	Brendan Smyth
party1	Liberal Party of Australia
popular_vote1	39,021
percentage1	46.29%
swing1	10.07
image2	[[File:Labor Placeholder.png	150x150px]]
candidate2	Sue Robinson
party2	Australian Labor Party
popular_vote2	25,689
percentage2	30.48%
swing2	21.78
image3	[[File:Greens placeholder-01.png	150x150px]]
candidate3	James Warden
party3	Australian Greens
popular_vote3	10,835
percentage3	12.85%
swing3	12.85
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	56.58%
2data1	16.12
1data2	43.42%
2data2	16.12
title	MP
before_election	Ros Kelly
before_party	Australian Labor Party
after_election	Brendan Smyth
after_party	Liberal Party of Australia

The 1995 Canberra by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Canberra in Australian Capital Territory on 25 March 1995. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Australian Labor Party's Ros Kelly on 30 January 1995. The writ for the by-election was issued on 17 February 1995.

The by-election was won by Liberal Party candidate Brendan Smyth, making it the first (and currently the only) by-election in the ACT to have been won by the Liberal Party.

The by-election took place in the shadow of the "sports rorts" affair which resulted in Kelly's resignation as a minister.

Smyth would later contest the new seat of Namadgi at the 1996 election but was defeated. Subsequent to his career in Federal Parliament, Smyth became leader of the ACT Liberal Party from 2002 to 2006.

This was the last by election that the Liberal Party took a seat off of another party.

Results

Opinion polling

Voting intention

Date	Firm	Interview
mode	Sample
size	Primary vote	2PP	liberal act}}		greens}}		aafi}}		OTH	UND	liberal act}}		27 February−2 March 1995	28 January−7 February 1995
25 March 1995	1995 by-election	—	84,293	46.29%	30.48%	12.85%	4.17%	6.21%	—	56.58%	43.42%
Internal Labor polling		505	40.2%	30.7%	9.0%	—	11%	5%
18 February 1995	Liberal Party wins ACT election with 7 seats
Canberra Times/Datacol	Telephone	916	29%	38%	3%	—	4%	26%
13 March 1993	1993 election	—	92,382	36.22%	52.26%	3.46%	—	8.05%	—	40.44%		59.56%

Notes

References

(19 January 1995). "Former Alliance MP eves federal seat". The Canberra Times.
(22 March 1995). "ACT Greens in federal by-election". Green Left.
[http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/supplementary_by_elections/Canberra.htm Canberra (ACT) By-Election (25 March 1995)]
[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1993/1993repsact.txt 1993 ACT election results: Adam Carr electoral archive]
(22 March 1995). "Labor poll shows Liberal win". The Canberra Times.
(11 February 1995). "Labor ahead in Ros Kelly's former seat". The Canberra Times.
(11 February 1995). "ABOUT THE POLL". The Canberra Times.
(13 March 1993). "CANBERRA, ACT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.

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