A by-election was held in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Lytton on 5 October 1996. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member Tom Burns. The by-election was won by Labor candidate Paul Lucas.
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Lucas | 10,832 | 54.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | Jenny Mansell | 5,480 | 27.7 | -7.3 | |
Democrats | Marianne Dickie | 1,223 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Shooters | Wendy Kelly | 750 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Independent | Nigel Freemarijuana | 608 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Greens | Norma Nord | 570 | 2.9 | -5.9 | |
Independent | B Groom | 147 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | B Richardson | 131 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Steve Purtill | 47 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 19,788 | 98.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 229 | 1.1 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,017 | 88.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Lucas | 11,952 | 66.1 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Jenny Mansell | 6,129 | 33.9 | -4.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 |
See also
References
- 1998 Election results (includes previous term's by-elections)