1996 Blaxland by-election

April 2022 June 2023 New South Wales parliamentary Primary no 15 June 1996 Mar. 1996 1998 Division of Blaxland (New South Wales) in the House of Representatives Labor Placeholder.png 120 120 160 0 0 Michael Hatton Australian Labor Party 37,804 58.83% 0.12 Australians Against Further Immigration AAFI Peter John Krumins Australians Against Further Immigration 8,759 13.63% 10.88 Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration RARI John Hutchinson Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration 5,771 8.98% 8.98 TPP TPP swing 69.06% 6.08 30.94% 30.94 MP Paul Keating Australian Labor Party Michael Hatton Australian Labor Party The 1996 Blaxland by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Blaxland in New South Wales on 15 June 1996. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Australian Labor Party's Paul Keating on 23 April 1996. The writ for the by-election was issued on 13 May 1996. Background Blaxland had been held since 1969 by Paul Keating, who had been Treasurer under Bob Hawke from 1983, until he defeated Hawke in a leadership challenge in December 1991, becoming Prime Minister of Australia. Keating went on to defeat John Hewson at the 1993 election, but three years later the ALP was defeated in a landslide victory by a resurgent Coalition led by John Howard at the 1996 election on 2 March. Following the party's election loss, Keating immediately resigned as party leader, and several weeks later, resigned from the Parliament.Green, Antony: Seat profile: Blaxland, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 29 December 2007. Results 1996 Blaxland by-election Michael Hatton Labor 37,804 58.83 +0.12 Peter John Krumins AAFI 8,759 13.63 +10.88 John Hutchinson Reclaim Australia 5,771 8.98 +8.98 Vicki Kearney Greens 3,148 4.90 +4.90 Melodie Rahme Call to Australia 2,782 4.33 +4.16 Peter Sayegh Independent 2,334 3.63 +2.65 Neil Baird Independent 1,499 2.33 +2.33 Bob Reid Independent 750 1.17 +1.17 |- | grey power width:1px |   | style="text-align:left;"| Anti-Super League | style="text-align:left;"| Adam Spencer | style="text-align:right;"| 499 | style="text-align:right;"| 0.78 | style="text-align:right;"| +0.78 |- Marnie Kennedy 388 0.60 +0.60 Marc Aussie-Stone Independent 298 0.46 +0.11 Linda Cogger Natural Law 224 0.35 +0.10 64,256 92.66 −0.72 5,092 7.34 +0.72 69,348 87.00 −9.06 Labor Michael Hatton 44,188 69.06 +6.08 Reclaim Australia John Hutchinson 19,800 30.94 +30.94 Labor N/A Aftermath The Australian Labor Party retained the seat with an increased majority, with Michael Hatton as their candidate. The Liberal Party of Australia declined to run a candidate, and this saw a rise in the vote for two minor anti-immigration parties: Australians Against Further Immigration and Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration, which came second and third in the popular vote. On a two-party preferred basis, RARI gained their best ever result in an election, gaining over 30% of the vote on preferences. See also List of Australian federal by-elections References External links Blaxland (NSW) By-Election (15 June 1996), Australian Electoral Commission Category:1996 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales federal by-elections