Arts Party
The Arts Party | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Barry Keldoulis |
| Party Secretary | PJ Collins |
| Party Agent | Daniel Whitely |
| Founded | August 2014 |
| Headquarters | Kingsford, New South Wales |
| Ideology | Progressivism Humanism Environmentalism Increased funding forpublic broadcastingandthe arts |
| Colours | Purple |
| Website | |
| http:// artsparty.org/ | |
TheArts Partyis anAustralian political partyinspired by the importance of the arts and creative action. The party was voluntarily deregistered with theAustralian Electoral Commissionon 25 June 2019, but remainsregistered for local electionswith theNew South Wales Electoral Commission.[1][2]
History
[edit]The Australian party was founded in October 2013 by twoSydney-based artists, PJ Collins andNicholas Gledhill,[3]and registered by theAustralian Electoral Commission(AEC) in August 2014.[4][5]Money was raised for the party's registration through acrowd-funding campaign.[6]
Two Arts Party members stood asindependentcandidates at the2015 Queensland state election,as the party had not been registered in time to contest the election.[7]Later in the year, the party's leader, PJ Collins, stood as an ungroupedLegislative Councilcandidate at the2015 New South Wales state election.[8]
The first official Arts Party candidate was Lou Pollard in the2015 North Sydney by-election,[9]who came eighth in a field of 13 candidates.
The Arts Party fielded seven candidates for theHouse of Representativesand thirteensenatecandidates across all states in the2016 federal election.[10]Once again, the entire campaign was financed through acrowd-funding campaign.[11]
TheHouse of Representativescandidates wereAnthony Ackroydin the electorate ofWentworth(NSW),[12]Shea Caplice in the electorate ofWarringah(NSW),[13]Tim Sanderson in the electorate ofFranklin(Tasmania),[14]Christopher Gordon in the electorate ofBennelong(NSW),[15]Sally Baillieu in the electorate ofDunkley(Victoria),[16]Stephen Beck in the electorate ofLongman(Queensland)[17]and Andrew Charles Tyrrell in the electorate ofPetrie(Queensland).[18]
In voting for theSenate,the party ranked nationally 28th out of 55 parties, based on first preference votes by group,[19]polling 0.27% of first preferences nationwide.
At the2021 New South Wales local elections,the party received 536 votes.
References
[edit]- ^"The Arts Party Voluntary Deregistration"(PDF).Australian Electoral Commission.Retrieved28 June2019.
- ^"Local government register of political parties".New South Wales Electoral Commission.
- ^Jonathan Mimo (7 November 2013)."Sydney artists form new political party"– altmedia. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^"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.
- ^Deborah Stone (23 February 2015)."Arts Party Leader stands for NSW Parliament"– ArtsHub. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^Eliezer, Christie (15 November 2022)."Arts Party to Contest North Sydney By-Election".The Music Network.
- ^"Candidates for the 2016 federal election".Australian Electoral Commission.11 June 2016.Retrieved11 June2016.
- ^"Pozible - Arts Party Federal Campaign by PJ Collins".
- ^"Wentworth, NSW Results".Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^"Warringah, NSW Results".Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^"Franklin, TAS Results".Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^"Bennelong NSW Results".Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^"Dunkley VIC Results".Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^"DLongman QLD Results".Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^"Petrie QLD Results".Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^"Senate First Preferences By Group Results".Australian Electoral Commission.
