1988 Groom by-election

1988 Groom by-election
9 April 1988
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Bill Taylor David Russell Linda Dwyer
Party Liberal National Labor
Popular vote 20,651 17,814 14,973
Percentage 33.3% 28.8% 24.2%
Swing 19.9 20.1 8.2
TPP 62.4% 37.6%
TPP swing 62.4 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.

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.

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