Arts Party
The Arts Party | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | PJ Collins |
| Party Secretary | Nicholas Gledhill |
| Party Agent | Daniel Whitely |
| Founded | August 2014 |
| Headquarters | Kingsford, New South Wales |
| Colours | Purple |
| Website | |
| http://www.artsparty.org/ | |
The Arts Party is an Australian political party. The party was founded in October 2013 by two Sydney-based artists, PJ Collins and Nicholas Gledhill,[1] and registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in August 2014.[2] It was formed to support the arts community, but also has policies on various other issues.[3][4] Money was raised for the party's registration through a crowd-funding campaign.[5]
Two Arts Party members stood as independent candidates at the 2015 Queensland state election, as the party had not been registered in time to contest the election.[6] Dianne Gittins polled 1.98% in Ferny Grove, placing fifth out of five candidates,[7] and Stephen Beck polled 1.94% in Morayfield, placing sixth out of seven candidates.[8] Later in the year, the party's leader, PJ Collins, stood as an ungrouped Legislative Council candidate at the 2015 New South Wales state election.[9] He polled 233 votes, or 0.01% of the state total, with only one other ungrouped candidate polling more votes.[10]
The Arts Party fielded seven candidates for the House of Representatives and thirteen senate candidates in the 2016 federal election.[11]
References
- ↑ Jonathan Mimo (7 November 2013). "Sydney artists form new political party" – altmedia. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ "Current Register of Political Parties".
- ↑ "FBI Radio: Introducing the Australian Arts Party".
- ↑ "The Arts Party Official Site".
- ↑ "Arts Party crowd-funding campaign".
- ↑ Deborah Stone (21 January 2015). "Arts party candidates run as independents in Queensland" – ArtsHub. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ 2015 State General Election - Ferny Grove - District Summary – Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ 2015 State General Election - Morayfield - District Summary – Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ Deborah Stone (23 February 2015). "Arts Party Leader stands for NSW Parliament" – ArtsHub. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ NSW STATE ELECTION RESULTS 2015: Legislative Council Statewide Summary – Elections NSW. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
