Results of the 1996 Australian federal election in territories

1996 Australian federal election: Canberra ^[1]

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

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

1996 Australian federal election: Namadgi^[5]

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.