New South Wales state election, 1995

New South Wales state election, 1995

1991 ← 25 March 1995 (1995-03-25) → 1999

All 99 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and 21 (of the 42) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council 50 Assembly seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Bob Carr John Fahey Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Leader since 6 April 1988 24 June 1992 Leader's seat Maroubra Southern Highlands Last election 46 seats 49 seats Seats won 50 seats 46 seats Seat change 4 3 Percentage 41.26% 43.94% Swing 2.21 0.73

Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election John Fahey Liberal/National coalition Elected Premier Bob Carr Labor

John Fahey
Liberal/National coalition

Bob Carr
Labor

Elections to the 51st Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 25 March 1995. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The minority Liberal Party of Australia-led Coalition government of Premier John Fahey was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bob Carr. Carr went on to become the longest continuously-serving premier in the state's history, stepping down in 2005. Fahey pursued a brief career as a Federal Government minister.

Despite recording 52.7 per cent of the two-party preferred vote in 1991, the Coalition won only 49 of the 99 seats. The Coalition’s best results were in safe Liberal Party seats on Sydney’s North Shore while Labor won the battle in key marginal seats. Four seats that would normally have been held by the Coalition were won by Independents. Both John Hatton in South Coast and Clover Moore in Bligh were re-elected. They were joined by former National Party member Tony Windsor in Tamworth and local councillor Dr Peter Macdonald in Manly. Windsor quickly came to an accommodation with the Government, but the three non-aligned Independents used their position to negotiate a comprehensive memorandum of understanding. Signed in October 1991, it was a document that concentrated more on issues of accountability and process rather than specific policies. Most importantly, the agreement introduced fixed four-year parliamentary terms, a provision entrenched in the Constitution with 76 per cent support at a referendum called in conjunction with the 1995 election.

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