COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== West of Brisbane: Esk, Ipswich, Lowood, Marburg -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 October 1988, following the resignation of Hon Bill Hayden -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over NPA 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,125 -02.2 Votes cast: 59,417 88.5 -03.5 Informal votes: 1,563 02.6 -00.6 Formal votes: 57,854 97.4 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Darby 3,345 05.8 Otto Kuhne 353 00.6 Barry Hoffensetz NPA 9,876 17.1 -03.1 David Cooke Lib 15,853 27.4 +12.6 Les Scott + ALP 28,427 49.1 -10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,854 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kuhne's 353 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darby 201 56.9 3,546 06.1 Hoffensetz 41 11.6 9,917 17.1 Cooke 43 12.2 15,896 27.5 Scott + 68 19.3 28,495 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 353 57,854 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Darby's 3,546 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hoffensetz 1,462 41.4 11,379 19.7 Cooke 958 27.1 16,854 29.1 SCOTT + 1,114 31.5 29,609 51.2 (exhausted 12 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,546 57,854 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hoffensetz's 11,379 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooke 10,280 90.4 27,134 46.9 SCOTT + 1,096 09.6 30,705 53.1 (exhausted 3 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,379 57,854 03.1 11.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Liberal Party is compared with the ALP majority over the NPA at the 1987 elections. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Leslie Scott (born 1947): Elected 1988 By Born: 18 October 1947, Nambour, Queensland Career: Bank officer. --------------------------------------------------------------------