1988 Groom by-election
Introduction 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.
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
See also * List of Australian federal by-elections
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