1996 Lindsay by-election
Results

1996 Lindsay by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal	Jackie Kelly	34,840	49.21	+6.69

Labor	Ross Free	23,758	33.56	−6.76

AAFI	Vince Townsend	4,224	5.97	+3.24

Shooters	Rodney Franich	2,042	2.88	+2.88

Greens	Lesley Edwards	1,502	2.12	−2.29

Call to Australia	Brian Grigg	1,254	1.77	−0.39

Democrats	Stephen Lear	1,182	1.67	−4.92

Independent	Kay Anne Vella	933	1.32	+1.32

Independent	Vicki Aird	488	0.69	+0.69

Independent	Steve Grim-Reaper	270	0.38	+0.38

Independent	Robert Frank Peacey	156	0.22	+0.22

Family Law Reform	David Archibald	150	0.21	+0.21

Total formal votes	70,799	96.36	−0.06

Informal votes	2,678	3.64	+0.06

Turnout	73,477	89.98	−6.14

Two-party-preferred result

Liberal	Jackie Kelly	40,037	56.55	+4.97

Labor	Ross Free	30,762	43.45	−4.97

Liberal hold	Swing	+4.97

Sentence(s)

Jackie Kelly won the 1996 Lindsay by-election with a swing of 4.97%.

final_sentence: Jackie Kelly won the 1996 Lindsay by-election with a swing of 4.97%.