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1998 Australian Capital Territory election

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All 17 seats of the unicameral Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	91.8 ( 2.3 pp)
First party Second party Third party   GRN Leader Kate Carnell Wayne Berry No leader Party Liberal Labor Greens Leader since 21 April 1993 19 August 1997 — Leader's seat Molonglo Ginninderra — Last election 7 seats 6 seats 2 seats Seats won 7 6 1 Seat change 1 First preference vote 68,221 49,798 16,417 Percentage 37.8% 27.7% 9.1% Swing 2.7 4.0
Results by electorate
Chief Minister before election Kate Carnell Liberal Resulting Chief Minister Kate Carnell Liberal

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.

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

• 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

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

• Lucy Horodny (Ginninderra)

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.

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.

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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Liberal	68,221	37.83	2.65	7	0
	Labor	49,798	27.61	4.02	6	0
	Osborne Independent Group	16,426	9.11	New	2	New
	Greens	16,417	9.10	0.04	1	1
	Democrats	10,786	5.98	2.07	0	0
	Independents	9,232	5.12	0.48	0	1
	Moore Independents	5,261	2.92	4.13	1	0
	Christian Democrats	3,027	1.68	1.68	0	0
	Democratic Socialist Perspective	745	0.41	0.41	0	0
	Progressive Labour	437	0.24	0.24	0	New
Total		180,350	100.00	–	17	–
Valid votes		180,350	95.68
Invalid/blank votes		8,134	4.32	1.9
Total votes		188,484	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		205,248	91.83	2.3

M - Moore Independents
O - Osborne Independent Group

See also

• Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1998–2001
• Second Carnell Ministry
• Humphries Ministry
• List of Australian Capital Territory elections

References

1. "Legislative Assembly for the ACT - Week 1". ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
2. "Election timetable". ACT Legislative Assembly election - 1998. ACT Electoral Commission. 1998. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
3. "Voting data". 1998 Election. ACT Electoral Commission. 1998. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

External links

• ACT Electoral Commission
• ACT Legislative Assembly - List of Members (1989 - 2008)

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