Australian People's Party
Australian People's Party | |
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| Leader | Gary Morris |
| Party President | Gabriel Harfouche |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Western Australia |
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The Australian People's Party is a registered political party in Australia. It was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission in March 2017.[1] It was formed in 2014 by Gabriel Harfouche, a former lawyer and teacher and Gary Morris, an aviation professional and community activist. The party says its aim is to improve standards of living and rights for all Australians.[2]
Previous parties
There have been several previous entities named The Australian People's Party.
From Federation to 1911 a party of that name existed contesting rural seats. [citation needed]
A party was created in Condobolin, New South Wales in 1917 with policies of abolishing upper houses and state parliaments.[3]
In 1929, a party of that name endorsed a candidate in the Division of Martin in the Australian elections held that year attracting 4,450 votes which was 7.5% of the vote in that election[4]
In 1996, a candidate for the Australian People's Party contested the seat of Joondalup in the West Australian election achieving just over 300 votes.[5]
Fiction
The Australian People's Party appeared as a political party in the 2003 film The Honourable Wally Norman, where it mistakenly nominates meatworker Wally Norman as a candidate in a Federal election.[6] The party has been widely thought to be centrist.
References
- ^ "Notice under s.133(1A) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 - Australian People's Party". Australian Electoral Commission. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Australian Peoples Party". Australian People's Party. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY". The Express And Telegraph. Vol. LIV, , no. 16, 101. South Australia. 11 April 1917. p. 1 (SPECIAL WAR EDITION). Retrieved 28 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Results for the 1929 Federal election in the Division of Martin published by Adam Carr
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library, Background Paper 15 of 1996-97 on the West Australian elections of 1996
- ^ New York Times Movies article on The Honourable Wally Norman and ABC Tasmania review of the Honorable Wally Norman
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