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  • Former Chief Minister Gary Humphries from November 2001 to November 2002
  • Brendan Smyth November 2002 to May 2006, losing the 2004 election
  • Bill Stefaniak May 2006 to December 2007
  • Zed Seselja December 2007 to January 2013, losing the 2008 and 2012 elections
  • Jeremy Hanson February 2013 to October 2016, losing the 2016 election
  • Alistair Coe October 2016 to October 2020, losing the 2020 election
  • Elizabeth Lee since October 2020 and leading the party to the 2024 election

First Preference Seats
Party (Candidates/Electorates) Votes Pct Change Won Change
ACT Labor (25/5) 101,826 37.82 -0.61 10 -2
Canberra Liberals (25/5) 91,047 33.81 -2.90 9 -2
ACT Greens (15/5) 36,369 13.51 +3.23 6 +4
Canberra Progressives (7/3) 5,443 2.02 +2.02 .. ..
Belco Party (5/1) 5,264 1.96 +1.96 .. ..
Animal Justice Party (10/5) 4,762 1.77 +0.26 .. ..
Sustainable Australia (10/5) 4,593 1.71 +0.14 .. ..
Labour DLP (4/2) 3,864 1.44 +1.44 .. ..
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers (6/3) 3,778 1.40 +1.40 .. ..
Climate Change Justice (11/3) 1,849 0.69 +0.69 .. ..
David Pollard Independent (2/1) 1,729 0.64 +0.64 .. ..
Liberal Democratic Party (4/2) 1,209 0.45 -1.61 .. ..
Federation Party (3/2) 710 0.26 +0.26 .. ..
Community Action Party (2/1) 183 0.07 +0.07 .. ..
Ungrouped (8/4) 6,625 2.46 -1.98 .. ..
(Abolished Parties) 0 .. -5.00 .. ..
Formal (137/5) 269,251 98.58 .. 25 ..
Informal 3,892 1.42 -1.10 .. ..
Total Votes / Turnout 273,143 89.26 +0.81 .. ..
Enrolment 306,000

2020 Changes in Party Representation and Membership
Electorate Details of Change
Brindabella Greens (+1), Liberal (-1)
The Greens' was elected and third Liberal MLA defeated.
Ginninderra Greens (+1), Labor (-1)
The Greens' was elected and third Labor MLA defeated. On the Liberal ticket, retired and was elected as the second Liberal.
Kurrajong Greens (+1), Liberal (-1)
The Greens' won a second seat for the Greens by defeating the second Liberal MLA .
Murrumbidgee No change in party composition.
On the Labor ticket, defeated party colleague . The Greens' retired and was succeeded by party colleague .
Yerrabi Greens (+1), Labor (-1)
The Greens' was elected at the expense of Labor's . On the Liberal ticket, defeated party collegue .

2020 Elected Members by Party (Order Elected)
Electorate Labor Liberal Greens
Brindabella Joy Burch (1)
Mick Gentleman (2)
Nicole Lawder (3)
Mark Parton (4)
Ginninderra Yvette Berry (1)
Tara Cheyne (3)
Elizabeth Kikkert (2)
Kurrajong Andrew Barr (1)
Rachel Stephen-Smith (3)
Elizabeth Lee (4) Shane Rattenbury (2)
Murrumbidgee Chris Steel (2)

Jeremy Hanson (1)
** Giulia Jones (3)
Yerrabi Michael Pettersson (2)
Suzanne Orr (3)
** Alistair Coe (1)

  • - 24 candidates across 8 columns with one non-party candidate in the ungrouped column.
  • - 33 candidates across 10 columns with two non-party candidates in the ungrouped column.
  • - 34 candidates across 10 columns with one non-party candidate in the ungrouped column.
  • - 27 candidates across 8 columns with one non-party candidate in the ungrouped column.
  • - 31 candidates across 9 columns with two non-party and one Animal Justice candidates in the ungrouped column.

  • - section on 2024 early and postal vote rates added to be updated through the rest of the campaign.
  • - some minor adjustments plus a sieving out of various typos.
  • - updated to deal with Elizabeth Kikkert being announced as a Family First candidate.
  • - first published