| Country: | New South Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 15 June 1996 |
| Candidate1: | Michael Hatton |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 37,804 |
| Percentage1: | 58.83% |
| Swing1: | 0.12 |
| Candidate2: | John Hutchinson |
| Party2: | Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,771 |
| Percentage2: | 8.98% |
| Swing2: | 8.98 |
| Candidate3: | Peter John Krumins |
| Party3: | Australians Against Further Immigration |
| Popular Vote3: | 8,759 |
| Percentage3: | 13.63% |
| Swing3: | 10.88 |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 69.06% |
| 2Data1: | 6.08 |
| 1Data2: | 30.94% |
| 2Data2: | 30.94 |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | Paul Keating |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party |
| After Election: | Michael Hatton |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party |
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. The writ for the by-election was issued on 13 May 1996.
Blaxland had been held since 1969 by Paul Keating, who had been Treasurer under Bob Hawke from 1983, until he defeated Hawke in a leadership challenge in December 1991, becoming Prime Minister of Australia. 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. Following the party's election loss, Keating immediately resigned as party leader, and several weeks later, resigned from the Parliament.[1]
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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, which came second and third in the popular vote. On a two-party preferred basis, RARI gained their best ever result in an election, gaining over 30% of the vote on preferences.