Canberra by-election, 1995

The 1995 Canberra by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Canberra in Australian Capital Territory on 25 March 1995. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Australian Labor Party's Ros Kelly on 30 January 1995. The writ for the by-election was issued on 17 February 1995.

The by-election was won by Liberal Party candidate Brendan Smyth.

The by-election took place in the shadow of the "sports rorts" affair.

Results

Canberra by-election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brendan Smyth	39,021	46.29	+10.07
	Labor	Sue Robinson	25,689	30.48	−21.78
	Greens	James Warden	10,835	12.85	+12.85
	AAFI	Robyn Spencer	3,515	4.17	+4.17
	Independent	Joanne Clarke	2,274	2.70	+2.70
	Independent	Jerzy Gray-Grzeszkiewicz	1,956	2.32	+2.32
	Republican	Joseph Cotta	1,003	1.19	+1.19
Total formal votes			84,293	96.46	−0.68
Informal votes			3,095	3.54	+0.68
Turnout			87,388	88.57	−8.39
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brendan Smyth	47,672	56.58	+16.12
	Labor	Sue Robinson	36,577	43.42	−16.12
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+16.12

See also

• List of Australian federal by-elections