1995 New South Wales state election
State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1995 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1995 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 25 March 1995. All seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council were up for election. The minority Liberal Coalition government of Premier of New South Wales John Fahey was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bob Carr, who went on to become the longest continuously-serving premier in the state's history, before stepping down in 2005. Fahey pursued a brief career as a Federal Government minister.
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It would not be until 2023, exactly twenty-eight years later, that Labor would again win a New South Wales state election from opposition.[1]