COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== GROOM, Qld ==================================================================== South-East Queensland: Gatton, Laidley, Oakey, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 April 1988, following the resignation of Hon Tom McVeigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,402 -01.2 Votes cast: 62,831 88.0 -05.4 Informal votes: 889 01.4 -01.5 Formal votes: 61,942 98.6 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Carew AD 3,474 05.6 +00.2 Linda Dwyer ALP 14,973 24.2 -08.2 Bill Taylor Lib 20,651 33.3 +19.9 David Russell + NPA 17,814 28.8 -20.1 Peter Consandine 369 00.6 Vincent Burke 4,661 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Consandine's 369 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carew 77 20.9 3,551 05.7 Dwyer 46 12.5 15,019 24.2 Taylor 42 11.4 20,693 33.4 Russell + 38 10.3 17,852 28.8 Burke 165 44.8 4,826 07.8 (exhausted 1 1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 369 61,942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Carew's 3,551 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dwyer 1,565 44.2 16,584 26.8 Taylor 574 16.2 21,267 34.3 Russell + 448 12.6 18,300 29.5 Burke 957 27.0 5,783 09.3 (exhausted 7 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,551 61,942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Burke's 5,783 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dwyer 1,975 34.2 18,559 30.0 Taylor 1,966 34.0 23,233 37.5 Russell + 1,836 31.8 20,136 32.5 (exhausted 6 14 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,873 61,942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Dwyer's 18,559 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAYLOR 15,418 83.1 38,651 62.4 Russell + 3,135 16.9 23,271 37.6 (exhausted 6 20 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,559 61,942 12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Leonard Taylor (born 1938): Elected 1988 by Born: 14 September 1938, Toowoomba, Queensland Career: Educated Canberra College of Advanced Education, University of New England. Military Service 1957-88. --------------------------------------------------------------------