Smokers' Rights Party
Smokers' Rights Party | |
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| Spokesperson | Clinton Mead[1] |
| Ideology | Single-issue politics |
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smokersrights | |
The Smokers' Rights Party is a registered political party in Australia.[2]
The party was created in order to feed preferences to David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democratic Party.[3][4] With the abolition of group voting tickets in 2016, the Smokers' Rights Party was no longer able to act as a preference feeder, and published a statement recommending that supporters vote for Leyonhjelm in the Senate.[5]
The Smokers' Rights Party states that it does not receive funding from the tobacco industry.[6] Despite this, the Liberal Democrats do, having received at least $35000 from Philip Morris in the 2013-2014 financial year.[7]
Smokers Rights fielded only one candidate in the 2016 federal election. This was Joaquim De Lima as a candidate for the Division of Fowler in the House of Representatives.[8] De Lima had previously run as a candidate for the Outdoor Recreation Party (NSW 2011 for Penrith, 2013 Senate NSW, 2014 senate WA, 2015 NSW upper house),[9] and the Liberal Democrats (Federal 2010 for Greenway).
See also
References
- ↑ "What is the Australian Smokers Rights Party?". 2SER.
- ↑ Registered political parties: AEC
- ↑ "Accusations fly in micro-party stoush", InDaily, 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Revealed: the libertarian Right's micro-party links", Crikey, 22 August 2013.
- ↑ "How to vote to protect your rights in the 2016 election", Smokers' Rights Party.
- ↑ "Links", Smokers' Rights Party.
- ↑ "'Thank you for smoking': Leyonhjelm confirms Philip Morris backing", The Guardian, 2 October 2014.
- ↑ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "Senate candidates don't live here", The West Australian, 22 March 2014.
