[4] After the by-election Booth was employed as political adviser to the Leader of the New South Wales Opposition, John Dowd, from 1982 to 1983.
In November 1981, Terry Metherell convened a meeting of like-minded members of the NSW Liberal Party at the Don Quixote restaurant in Sussex Street Sydney.
The guest list read like a "who's who" of the eventual NSW Liberal Government led by Nick Greiner.
[1] He also served as president of the New South Wales Parliamentary Group of Amnesty International from 1986, as the patron of the Manly-Warringah Branch of Surf Life Saving Australia and maintained associations with Mona Vale Hospital, Manly District Hospital as well as local scout groups.
[1] Booth served until he lost pre-selection for his seat prior to the 1991 election, in favour of Brad Hazzard.