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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Candidate
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Bill Taylor
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David Russell
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Linda Dwyer
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Party
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Liberal
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National
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Labor
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Popular vote
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20,651
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17,814
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14,973
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Percentage
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33.3%
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28.8%
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24.2%
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Swing
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19.9
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20.1
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8.2
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TPP
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62.4%
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37.6%
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TPP swing
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62.4
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25.2
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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.[1]
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