1988 North Shore state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of North Shore on 5 November 1988 because of the resignation of Ted Mack (Independent),[1] shortly before he became entitled to a parliamentary pension.[2]

The North Shore by-election was held the same day as the Port Stephens by-election.

Dates

Date Event
16 September 1988 Resignation of Ted Mack.[1]
17 October 1988 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3]
21 October 1988 Nominations
5 November 1988 Polling day
25 November 1988 Return of writ

Results

1988 North Shore by-election
Saturday 5 November [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robyn Read 11,523 51.8
Liberal Jillian Skinner 7,913 35.6 −1.5
Labor Kirk McKenzie 1,625 7.3
Democrats Burnum Burnum 718 3.2
Nuclear Disarmament Robert Wood 462 2.1
Total formal votes 22,241 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 402 1.8 −0.2
Turnout 22,643 70.1 −19.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Robyn Read 13,838 63.0
Liberal Jillian Skinner 8,129 37.0 −3.1[a]
Independent hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ^ compared to the two-candidate-preferred result for the 1988 North Shore election.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mr (Ted) Edward Carrington Mack (1933–2018)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1988 North Shore by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Writ of election: North Shore". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 156. 17 October 1988. p. 5468. Retrieved 13 November 2019 – via Trove.