 He continued to sit in parliament as an independent, and was reelected as an independent in the 1996 election, when he only received 35% of the primary vote, but defeated the Labor candidate, former Deputy Premier of Western Australia Ian Taylor, on Liberal preferences.In June 1996, Campbell founded the Australia First Party, but was officially reckoned as an independent.He was defeated for reelection at the 1998 federal election after being eliminated on the seventh count.