Results of the 1996 Australian federal election in territories

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1996 federal election for the Australian Capital Territory  and the Northern Territory.

Australian Capital Territory

1996 Australian federal election
(Australian Capital Territory)

2 March 1996
All 3 Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives and both seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Paul Keating John Howard Party Labor Coalition Last election 2 seats 0 seats Seats won 3 seats 0 seats Seat change 1 Popular vote 91,447 78,109 Percentage 47.91% 40.92% Swing 5.43 6.73 TPP 55.5% 45.5% TPP swing 5.7 5.7

Turnout 96.7% (CV) — Informal 2.8%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	91,447	47.91	–5.43	3	1
	Liberal	78,109	40.92	+6.73
	Greens	16,596	8.70	+6.97
	Natural Law	778	0.41	–0.39
	Independents	3,933	2.06	–1.21
Total		190,863			3	1
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	105,323	55.5	–5.7	3	1
	Liberal	84,592	45.5	+5.7	0
Invalid/blank votes		5,543	2.82	–0.53
Turnout		196,406	96.67
Registered voters		203,170
Source: Federal Elections 1996

Canberra

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Canberra § 1996.[edit]

1996 Australian federal election: Canberra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob McMullan	32,405	48.28	−3.70
	Liberal	Gwen Wilcox	25,594	38.13	+3.32
	Greens	Gordon McAllister	6,047	9.01	+9.01
	Independent	Sue Bull	1,508	2.25	+2.25
	Independent	Jerzy Gray-Grzeszkiewicz	789	1.18	+1.18
	Natural Law	Maryan Chaplin	778	1.16	+0.27
Total formal votes			67,121	97.33	+0.70
Informal votes			1,839	2.67	−0.70
Turnout			68,960	95.87	−1.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob McMullan	38,338	57.52	−3.29
	Liberal	Gwen Wilcox	28,317	42.48	+3.29
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	−3.29

Ros Kelly (Labor) had won Canberra at the 1993 election, however she resigned in 1995 and Brendan Smyth (Liberal) won the seat at the resulting by-election. Smyth contested the new seat of Namadgi

Fraser

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory) § 1996.[edit]

1996 Australian federal election: Fraser

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Langmore	30,459	50.51	−3.77
	Liberal	Cheryl Hill	23,877	39.59	+7.15
	Greens	Miko Kirschbaum	5,970	9.90	+9.90
Total formal votes			60,306	96.74	+0.55
Informal votes			2,032	3.26	−0.55
Turnout			62,338	96.84	+0.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Langmore	34,443	57.32	−4.74
	Liberal	Cheryl Hill	25,647	42.68	+4.74
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.74

Namadgi

This section is an excerpt from Division of Namadgi § 1996.[edit]

1996 Australian federal election: Namadgi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brendan Smyth	28,638	45.14	+9.99
	Labor	Annette Ellis	28,583	45.06	-8.89
	Greens	Shane Rattenbury	4,579	7.22	+7.22
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	1,636	2.58	+2.58
Total formal votes			63,436	97.43	+0.33
Informal votes			1,672	2.57	-0.33
Turnout			65,108	97.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Annette Ellis	32,542	51.51	-9.28
	Liberal	Brendan Smyth	30,628	48.49	+9.28
	Labor notional hold		Swing	-9.28

Brendan Smyth (Liberal) was the sitting member for Canberra, having won the seat at the 1995 by-election.

Northern Territory

1996 Australian federal election
(Northern Territory)

2 March 1996
The one Northern Territory seat in the Australian House of Representatives and both seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader John Howard Paul Keating Party Coalition Labor Last election 0 seats 1 seat Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 38,302 36,994 Percentage 45.04% 43.50% Swing 0.35 11.81 TPP 50.37% 49.63% TPP swing 5.68 5.68

Northern Territory

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Northern Territory § 1996.[edit]

1996 Australian federal election: Northern Territory 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Nick Dondas	38,302	45.04	+0.35
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	36,994	43.50	-11.81
	Greens	Philip Nitschke	5,324	6.26	+6.26
	Independent	Bernie Brian	2,710	3.19	+3.19
	Independent	Pamela Gardiner	1,713	2.01	+2.01
Total formal votes			85,043	96.61	-0.29
Informal votes			2,985	3.39	+0.29
Turnout			88,028	89.10	+0.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Nick Dondas	42,630	50.37	+5.68
	Labor	Warren Snowdon	42,003	49.63	-5.68
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.68

See also

• Results of the 1996 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1996–1998