Paul Keating Labor Michael Hatton Labor The 1996 Blaxland by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Blaxland in New South Wales on 15 June 1996.

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Australian Labor Party's Paul Keating on 23 April 1996.

Keating went on to defeat John Hewson at the 1993 election, but three years later the ALP was defeated in a landslide victory by a resurgent Coalition led by John Howard at the 1996 election on 2 March.

[1] The Australian Labor Party retained the seat with an increased majority, with Michael Hatton as their candidate.

The Liberal Party of Australia declined to run a candidate, and this saw a rise in the vote for two minor anti-immigration parties: Australians Against Further Immigration and Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration, which came second and third in the popular vote.