1992 Australian Capital Territory general election

Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 15 February 1992, alongside a referendum on an electoral system for future elections. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Rosemary Follett, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Trevor Kaine. Candidates were elected to fill seats using a modified D'Hondt method for a multi-member single constituency. The result was another hung parliament. However, Labor, with the largest representation in the 17-member unicameral Assembly, formed Government with the support of Michael Moore and Helen Szuty. Follett was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the second Assembly on 27 March 1992.[1]

1992 Australian Capital Territory general election
15 February 1992 (1992-02-15)
All 17 seats of the unicameral Legislative Assembly
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.3 ( 1.5 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rosemary Follett Trevor Kaine
Party Labor Liberal
Leader since 4 March 1989 4 March 1989
Last election 5 seats 4 seats
Seats won 8 seats 6 seats
Seat change 3 2
Percentage 39.9% 29.0%
Swing 17.1 14.1
Chief Minister before election

Rosemary Follett
Labor

 Resulting Chief Minister

Rosemary Follett
Labor

Key dates

[2]

  • Close of party registration: 9 January 1992
  • Pre-election period commenced/nominations opened: 10 January 1992
  • Rolls closed: 17 January 1992
  • Nominations closed: 24 January 1992
  • Polling day: 15 February 1992
  • Poll declared: 20 March 1992

Overview

Candidates

[3]

Sitting members at the time of the election are in bold. Tickets that elected at least one MLA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Retiring Members

Candidates
Labor Candidates Liberal Candidates Moore Candidates Residents Rally Candidates
 
  1. Rosemary Follett*
  2. Wayne Berry*
  3. Bill Wood*
  4. Roberta McRae*
  5. Terry Connolly*
  6. Annette Ellis*
  7. David Lamont*
  8. Ellnor Grassby*
  9. David Wedgwood
  10. Marion Reilly
  11. Anne Higgins
  1. Trevor Kaine*
  2. Tony De Domenico*
  3. Greg Cornwell*
  4. Kate Carnell*
  5. Gary Humphries*
  6. Lou Westende*
  7. Kaarina Sutinen
  8. Bill Stefaniak
  9. Roger Dace
  10. Lyn Johnson
  1. Michael Moore*
  2. Helen Szuty*
  3. Tina Van Raay
  4. Stephen Mugford
  1. Bernard Collaery
  2. Norm Jensen
  3. Chris Donohue
  4. David Evans
  5. Lisa Middlebrook
  6. Jack Kershaw
  7. Silva Cengic
  8. Noel Haberecht
Democrats Candidates Hare-Clark Candidates ASGC Candidates Canberra Party Candidates
 
  1. Julie McCarron-Benson
  2. Graeme Evans
  3. Domenic Mico
  4. Heinrich Stefanik
  5. Jim Coates
  6. Ian Buchanan
  7. Tony Coles
  1. Craig Duby
  2. Fiona Patten
  3. Barry Williams
  4. Sitthiphone Saysitthideth
  5. Nigel Grime
  1. Dennis Stevenson*
  2. Graeme Orchiston
  3. Angela Brown
  4. Mike Trevethan
  5. Ute Ernst
  6. Andy Stodulka
  7. Geoff Doepel
  8. Patricia Colquhoun
  9. Fred Corlett
  1. Jim Weston
  2. Peter Burrows
  3. Glen Smith
  4. Tony Urbancik
  5. Lee Judd
  6. Bernie Clough
Canberra Unity Candidates Better Mgmt Team Candidates New Conservative Candidates Ungrouped Candidates
 
  1. Marion Le
  2. Barry Reid
  3. Don Allan
  4. Debbie Ellis
  5. Ross Stuart
  1. Harold Hird
  2. Bev Cains
  3. Alan Fitzgerald
  4. Jim O'Neill
  5. Iain Calman
  6. Christine McGibbon
  7. Ken Ewan
  8. Marc Sadil
  1. Robyn Nolan
  2. Fran James
  3. Wendy Carlton
  4. Rita Cameron

Emile Brunoro (Ind)
Tony Scott (Ind)
Tony Spagnolo (Ind)
Ron Hamilton (Ind)
Lara Pullin (Ind)
Derek Rosborough (Ind)

Results

Australian Capital Territory general election, 15 February 1992
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 184,405
Votes cast 166,467 Turnout 90.3% +1.5
Informal votes 10,764 Informal 6.5% +0.8
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 62,155 39.9 +17.1 8 +3
  Liberal 45,203 29.0 +14.2 6 +2
  Abolish Self-Govt 10,998 7.1 -0.4 1 ±0
  Michael Moore Independent Group 8,724 5.6 +5.6 2 +2
  Residents Rally 7,104 4.6 -5.1 0 -4
  Democrats 6,960 4.5 +2.8 0 ±0
  The Better Management An Independent Team 5,021 3.2 +3.2 0 ±0
  Hare-Clark Independence Party 3,336 2.1 +2.1 0 ±0
  Independent 2,271 1.5 -10.1 0 ±0
  New Conservatives 1,869 1.2 +1.2 0 ±0
  Canberra Unity Party 1,482 1.0 +1.0 0 ±0
  Canberra Party 580 0.4 +0.4 0 ±0
Total 155,703     17  
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See also

References
  1. "Legislative Assembly for the ACT - Week 1" (PDF). ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. 27 March 1992. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  2. "Election timetable". ACT Legislative Assembly election - 1992. ACT Electoral Commission. 1992. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. "List of candidates". 1992 Election. ACT Electoral Commission. 1992. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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