Arts Party

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The Arts Party
Leader Barry Keldoulis
Party SecretaryPJ Collins
Party AgentLarry Dixon
FoundedAugust 2014 (2014-08)
Headquarters Kingsford, New South Wales
Ideology Progressivism
Humanism
Environmentalism
Increased funding for public broadcasting and the arts
Colours  Purple
Website
http://www.artsparty.org/

The Arts Party is an Australian political party inspired by the importance of the arts and creative action. The party was voluntarily deregistered with the Australian Electoral Commission on 25 June 2019, but remains registered for local elections with the New South Wales Electoral Commission. [1] [2]

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History

The Australian party was founded in October 2013 by two Sydney-based artists, PJ Collins and Nicholas Gledhill, [3] and registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in August 2014. [4] [5] Money was raised for the party's registration through a crowd-funding campaign. [6]

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. [7] 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. [8]

The first official Arts Party candidate was Lou Pollard in the 2015 North Sydney by-election, [9] who came eighth in a field of 13 candidates.

The Arts Party fielded seven candidates for the House of Representatives and thirteen senate candidates across all states in the 2016 federal election. [10] Once again, the entire campaign was financed through a crowd-funding campaign. [11]

The House of Representatives candidates were Anthony Ackroyd in the electorate of Wentworth (NSW), [12] Shea Caplice in the electorate of Warringah (NSW), [13] Tim Sanderson in the electorate of Franklin (Tasmania), [14] Christopher Gordon in the electorate of Bennelong (NSW), [15] Sally Baillieu in the electorate of Dunkley (Victoria), [16] Stephen Beck in the electorate of Longman (Queensland) [17] and Andrew Charles Tyrrell in the electorate of Petrie (Queensland). [18]

In voting for the Senate, 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 the 2021 New South Wales local elections, the party received 536 votes.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Arts Party Voluntary Deregistration" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Local government register of political parties". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
  3. ↑ Jonathan Mimo (7 November 2013). "Sydney artists form new political party" – altmedia. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "FBI Radio: Introducing the Australian Arts Party".
  5. ↑ "The Arts Party Official Site".
  6. ↑ "Arts Party crowd-funding campaign".
  7. ↑ Deborah Stone (21 January 2015). "Arts party candidates run as independents in Queensland" – ArtsHub. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Deborah Stone (23 February 2015). "Arts Party Leader stands for NSW Parliament" – ArtsHub. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Eliezer, Christie (15 November 2022). "Arts Party to Contest North Sydney By-Election". The Music Network.
  10. ↑ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Pozible - Arts Party Federal Campaign by PJ Collins".
  12. ↑ "Wentworth, NSW Results". Australian Electoral Commission.
  13. ↑ "Warringah, NSW Results". Australian Electoral Commission.
  14. ↑ "Franklin, TAS Results". Australian Electoral Commission.
  15. ↑ "Bennelong NSW Results". Australian Electoral Commission.
  16. ↑ "Dunkley VIC Results". Australian Electoral Commission.
  17. ↑ "DLongman QLD Results". Australian Electoral Commission.
  18. ↑ "Petrie QLD Results". Australian Electoral Commission.
  19. ↑ "Senate First Preferences By Group Results". Australian Electoral Commission.
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