1988 Port Adelaide by-election

April 2022 June 2023 Australia parliamentary no 26 April 1988 Rod Sawford Australian Labor Party 29,773 47.1% 14.2 Judy Fuller Liberal Party of Australia 23,818 37.7% 9.1 TPP TPP swing 55.2% 11.1 44.8% 11.1 MP Mick Young Australian Labor Party Rod Sawford Australian Labor Party Primary Labor Placeholder.png 120 120 160 0 0 Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg 120 120 160 0 0 Division of Port Adelaide (SA) in the House of Representatives 1987 Australian federal election 1990 Australian federal election 1987 1990 A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Port Adelaide on 26 March 1988. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party MP Mick Young over alleged mishandling of campaign donations. The election was won by Labor candidate Rod Sawford, despite an 11.1% swing to the Liberal Party. The 1988 Adelaide by-election had occurred seven weeks earlier. Candidates Independent – Tony Chaplin. Independent – Michael Brander, representing the unregistered National Action. Liberal Party of Australia – Judy Fuller. Australian Labor Party – Rod Sawford, a local teacher. Independent – Bruce Deering. Australian Democrats – Meg Lees, previously Democrats candidate for Barker in 1983 and 1984 and third South Australian Senate candidate in 1987. Lees was appointed to the Senate in 1990 after Janine Haines's resignation, and later became leader of the Democrats before leaving the party in 2003 to form the Australian Progressive Alliance. Independent – Ruby Hammond, indigenous rights campaigner. Hammond was the first indigenous person to seek election to the federal parliament in South Australia. Independent – Jocelyn Aver. Results Port Adelaide by-election, 1988 By-Elections 1987-1990 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1987/1987repsby.txt Rod Sawford Labor 29,773 47.1 -14.2 Judy Fuller Liberal 23,818 37.7 +9.1 Meg Lees Democrats 4,506 7.1 +1.0 Tony Chaplin Independent 2,385 3.8 +3.8 Ruby Hammond Independent 1,142 1.8 +1.8 Jocelyn Aver Independent 743 1.2 +1.2 Michael Brander Independent 438 0.7 +0.7 Bruce Deering Independent 412 0.7 +0.7 63,217 95.7 2,865 4.3 66,082 91.1 Labor Rod Sawford 34,885 55.2 -11.1 Liberal Judy Fuller 28,276 44.8 +11.1 Labor -11.1 See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Port Adelaide by-election Category:South Australian federal by-elections Port Adelaide by-election, 1988 Port Adelaide by-election