Blaxland 1996 by-election

The previous Member for Blaxland was Paul Keating, who represented the electorate from 1969 to 1996. He resigned from Parliament on 23 April 1996 and the writ for the by-election was issued on 13 May 1996.

Demographic rating: Inner Metropolitan

Seat Status: Safe Labor

2 March 1996 Election:

Two-Party Preferred

ALP: 62.98%

LNP: 37.02%

15 June 1996 By-election:

Two-Candidate Preferred

ALP: 69.06%

RARI: 30.94%

A total of twelve candidates nominated for the 15 June 1996 Blaxland by-election compared with ten at the 1996 federal election.

Results

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Hutchinson, John	RARI	5 771	8.98
Baird, Neil Douglas Lockhart	IND	1 499	2.33
Spencer, Adam		499	0.78
Rahme, Melodie	CTA	2 782	4.33
Reid, Bob	IND	750	1.17
Kennedy, Marnie		388	0.60
Kearney, Vicki	GRN	3 148	4.90
Aussie-Stone, Marc	IND	298	0.46
Cogger, Linda	NLP	224	0.35
Sayegh, Peter	IND	2 334	3.63
#Hatton, Michael	ALP	37 804	58.83
Krumins, Peter John	AFI	8 759	13.63
Formal		64 256	92.66
Informal		5 092	7.34
TOTAL		69 348	87.00