1988_North_Shore_state_by-election

1988 North Shore state by-election

Election result for North Shore, New South Wales, Australia

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.

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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

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Independent hold		Swing

1988 North Shore state by-election