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Adelaide by election, 1988

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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Adelaide on 6 February 1988. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party MP Chris Hurford to become Australia's Consul-General in New York City.

The election was won by Liberal Party candidate Mike Pratt with an 8.4 percent two-party swing on a 1.9 percent margin.

The 1988 Port Adelaide by-election occurred just seven weeks later.

Candidates

  • Independent – Bronwyn Mewett.
  • Independent – Peter Consandine, republican campaigner who later founded the Republican Party of Australia.
  • Independent – Michael Brander.
  • Independent – John Litten.
  • Australian Democrats – Ian McLeish.
  • Unite Australia Party – Dorothy McGregor-Dey, who contested Mayo for the party in 1987.
  • National Party of Australia – Bryan Stokes, the party's 1987 candidate.
  • Australian Labor Party – Don Farrell, assistant secretary of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA). Farrell was later influential in the South Australian Labor Party, and serves in the Senate (2016-present), having served previously from 2008 to 2014.
  • Liberal Party of Australia – Mike Pratt, a local farmer.

    • References

    Adelaide by-election, 1988 Wikipedia
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