1988 Groom by-election

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1988 Groom by-election
Flag of Queensland.svg
9 April 1988
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Liberal Placeholder.png Nationals Placeholder.png Labor Placeholder.png
Candidate Bill Taylor David RussellLinda Dwyer
Party Liberal National Labor
Popular vote20,65117,81414,973
Percentage33.3%28.8%24.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 19.9Decrease2.svg 20.1Decrease2.svg 8.2
TPP 62.4%37.6%
TPP swingIncrease2.svg 62.4Decrease2.svg 25.2

MP before election

Tom McVeigh
National

Elected MP

Bill Taylor
Liberal

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Groom on 9 April 1988. It was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Tom McVeigh.

Contents

The by-election was won by Liberal Party candidate Bill Taylor.

A month before the poll, Taylor was publicly backed by former Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who had been forced to resign as premier several months earlier, after losing the support of his National Party colleagues. Bjelke-Petersen said the Nationals had lost their way and turned their backs on traditional conservative policies. [1]

Candidates

Results

Groom by-election, 1988 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Taylor 20,65133.3+19.9
National David Russell17,81428.8−20.1
Labor Linda Dwyer14,97324.2−8.2
Independent Vincent Burke4,6617.5+7.5
Democrats Mark Carew3,4745.6+0.2
Independent Peter Consandine3690.6+0.6
Total formal votes61,94298.6
Informal votes8891.4
Turnout 62,83188.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Taylor 38,65162.4+62.4
National David Russell23,27137.6−25.2
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. "Vote for Libs, says Joh, the Nats are lost", The Courier-Mail, 15 March 1988, pg 2.
  2. "By-Elections 1987-1990". Psephos.