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 the independent member Ted Mack,[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 [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 [lower-alpha 1]
	Independent hold		Swing

See also

• Electoral results for the district of North Shore
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

Notes

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

References

1. "Mr (Ted) Edward Carrington Mack (1933–2018)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. 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 (156). 17 October 1988. p. 5468. Retrieved 13 November 2019 – via Trove.