1988 Groom by-election

1988 Australian by-election August 2019 June 2023 Queensland parliamentary no 9 April 1988 150x150px Bill Taylor Liberal Party of Australia 20,651 33.3% 19.9 150x150px David Russell National Party of Australia 17,814 28.8% 20.1 150x150px Linda Dwyer Australian Labor Party 14,973 24.2% 8.2 TCP TCP swing 62.4% 62.4 37.6% 25.2 MP Tom McVeigh National Party of Australia Bill Taylor Liberal Party of Australia 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. 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."Vote for Libs, says Joh, the Nats are lost", The Courier-Mail, 15 March 1988, pg 2. Candidates Australian Democrats – Mark Carew, the party's 1987 candidate. Australian Labor Party – Linda Dwyer, the party's 1987 candidate. Liberal Party of Australia – Bill Taylor, an officer in the Royal Australian Navy. National Party of Australia – David Russell. Independent – Peter Consandine, republican campaigner who later founded the Republican Party of Australia. Independent – Vincent Burke. Burke later contested the Australian Senate as an ungrouped independent in 1990. Results Groom by-election, 1988 By-Elections 1987-1990 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1987/1987repsby.txt Bill Taylor Liberal 20,651 33.3 +19.9 David Russell Nationals 17,814 28.8 -20.1 Linda Dwyer Labor 14,973 24.2 -8.2 Vincent Burke Independent 4,661 7.5 +7.5 Mark Carew Democrats 3,474 5.6 +0.2 Peter Consandine Independent 369 0.6 +0.6 61,942 98.6 889 1.4 62,831 88.0 Liberal Bill Taylor 38,651 62.4 +62.4 Nationals David Russell 23,271 37.6 -25.2 Liberal Nationals N/A See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Groom by-election Category:Queensland federal by-elections Groom by-election, 1988 Groom by-election