| Country: | Queensland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 9 April 1988 |
| Candidate1: | Bill Taylor |
| Party1: | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Popular Vote1: | 20,651 |
| Percentage1: | 33.3% |
| Swing1: | 19.9 |
| Candidate2: | David Russell |
| Party2: | National Party of Australia |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,814 |
| Percentage2: | 28.8% |
| Swing2: | 20.1 |
| Candidate3: | Linda Dwyer |
| Party3: | Australian Labor Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 14,973 |
| Percentage3: | 24.2% |
| Swing3: | 8.2 |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 62.4% |
| 2Data1: | 62.4 |
| 1Data2: | 37.6% |
| 2Data2: | 25.2 |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | Tom McVeigh |
| Before Party: | National Party of Australia |
| After Election: | Bill Taylor |
| After Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
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.[1]