| Election Name: | 1995 Queensland state election |
| Country: | Queensland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Queensland state election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 1998 Queensland state election |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Seats For Election: | All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
| Turnout: | 91.43 (0.05 pp) |
| Leader2: | Rob Borbidge |
| Leader Since2: | 10 December 1991 |
| Colour2: | 006946 |
| Party2: | National/Liberal coalition |
| Leaders Seat2: | Surfers Paradise |
| Popular Vote2: | 883,580 |
| Percentage2: | 48.99% |
| Swing2: | 4.85 |
| Last Election2: | 35 seats, 44.15% |
| Seats2: | 43 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Leader1: | Wayne Goss |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Logan |
| Popular Vote1: | 773,585 |
| Percentage1: | 42.89% |
| Swing1: | 5.84 |
| Last Election1: | 54 seats, 48.73% |
| Seats1: | 45 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 1Data1: | 46.73% |
| 1Data2: | 53.27% |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 2Data1: | 7.00 |
| 2Data2: | 7.00 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Wayne Goss |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
| After Election: | Wayne Goss |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 15 July 1995 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
The Labor Party, which had been in power since the 1989 election and led by Premier Wayne Goss, was elected to a third term, defeating the National/Liberal Coalition under Rob Borbidge. The Queensland Nationals and Liberals were contesting their first election as a coalition in 15 years, having renewed their agreement midway through Goss' second term. The Coalition actually won a majority of the two-party preferred vote. However, most of that vote was wasted on landslide margins in the Nationals' rural heartland. As a result, while the Coalition scored an overall eight-seat swing, it only won nine seats in greater Brisbane, allowing Labor to hold on to power with a majority of one seat.
On 8 December 1995, the Court of Disputed Returns threw out the results in Mundingburra, which Labor's Ken Davies had won by 16 votes, after it was discovered that 22 overseas military personnel were denied the chance to vote. This forced a by-election, held in February 1996. Liberal Frank Tanti won the by-election, resulting in a hung parliament. With Labor and the Coalition holding 44 seats each, the balance of power rested with Liz Cunningham, the newly elected Independent member for Gladstone. Cunningham threw her support to the Coalition, allowing Borbidge to form a minority government.
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 June 1995 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[1] | |
| 24 June 1995 | Close of electoral rolls. | |
| 27 June 1995 | Close of nominations. | |
| 15 July 1995 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. | |
| 31 July 1995 | The Goss Ministry was reconstituted. | |
| 25 August 1995 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1995.
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| Seat | 1992 Election | Swing | 1995 Election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||
| Albert | Labor | John Szczerbanik | 1.64 | -5.54 | 3.89 | Bill Baumann | National | ||||
| Barron River | Labor | Lesley Clark | 4.16 | -4.55 | 0.39 | Lyn Warwick | Liberal | ||||
| Gladstone | Labor | Neil Bennett | 1.99 | -5.05 | 3.07 | Liz Cunningham | Independent | ||||
| Greenslopes | Labor | Gary Fenlon | 7.24 | -7.34 | 0.11 | Ted Radke | Liberal | ||||
| Mansfield | Labor | Laurel Power | 2.56 | -9.25 | 6.70 | Frank Carroll | Liberal | ||||
| Mount Ommaney | Labor | Peter Pyke | 1.25 | -2.93 | 1.68 | Bob Harper | Liberal | ||||
| Mulgrave | Labor | Warren Pitt | 3.17 | -3.64 | 0.47 | Naomi Wilson | National | ||||
| Redlands | Labor | John Budd | 5.25 | -9.84 | 4.59 | John Hegarty | National | ||||
| Springwood | Labor | Molly Robson | 8.66 | -19.43 | 10.77 | Luke Woolmer | Liberal | ||||