1988 Adelaide by-election
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 candidate Mike Pratt with an 8.4 percent two-party swing on a 1.9 percent margin, defeating Labor candidate Don Farrell.
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.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mike Pratt | 26,777 | 44.4 | +8.9 | |
| Labor | Don Farrell | 22,897 | 38.0 | -10.9 | |
| Democrats | Ian McLeish | 7,097 | 11.8 | +2.7 | |
| Independent | Bronwyn Mewett | 1,408 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| National | Bryan Stokes | 1,000 | 1.7 | -3.4 | |
| Independent | Michael Brander | 409 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | John Litten | 367 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Unite Australia | Dorothy McGregor-Dey | 218 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Independent | Peter Consandine | 104 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 60,277 | 96.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,432 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 62,709 | 88.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Mike Pratt | 31,195 | 51.9 | +8.4 | |
| Labor | Don Farrell | 28,967 | 48.2 | -8.4 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.4 | |||
References
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