1988 Groom by-election

Tom McVeigh National Bill Taylor Liberal A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Groom on 9 April 1988.

It was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Tom McVeigh.

The by-election was won by Liberal Party candidate Bill Taylor.

A month before the poll, Taylor was publicly backed by former Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who had been forced to resign as premier several months earlier, after losing the support of his National Party colleagues.

Bjelke-Petersen said the Nationals had lost their way and turned their backs on traditional conservative policies.