Civil Liberties & Motorists Party

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Civil Liberties & Motorists Party
Leader Jeffrey Hodges
Headquarters Flaxton, Queensland, Australia
Ideology Single-issue politics
State ownership [1]
Political position Right-wing
Website
www.motorists.org.au

Civil Liberties & Motorists Party, formerly the Motorists Party; Civil Liberties, Consumer Rights, No-Tolls; Consumer Rights & No-Tolls Party; No-Tolls.org; No Tolls, No Sell Offs; and Consumer Rights & No-Tolls [2] is a Queensland-based political party. It has been registered in Queensland since 2015.

History

Founded by Jeffrey Hodges in 2012 as no-tolls.org in order to end the tolling of the Gateway and Logan Motorways in South East Queensland. The party name was changed to the Consumer Rights & No-Tolls Party and was registered with the Electoral Commission Queensland for state and local government elections since 23 October 2015, [3] and Jeffrey Hodges stood for Mayor of Brisbane in the 2016 Brisbane City Council Mayoral election on 19 March 2016, [4] receiving 12,600 first preference votes (2.11%). [5]

The Consumer Rights party which was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission on 7 March 2016 [6] and deregistered on 9 May 2018. [7] Hodges was the only candidate endorsed by the party for the 2016 federal election, for the House of Representatives seat of Rankin. [8]

On 20 June 2017, the party changed its name on the Queensland party register to Civil Liberties, Consumer Rights, No-Tolls and ran eight candidates at the 2017 Queensland state election. [9]

On 7 February 2018, the Australian Electoral Commission issued a notice that it was considering deregistering the party on the grounds that it had ceased to have at least 500 members. [10] While the notice about deregistration was still on the Electoral Commission website, a new notice was posted on 7 May 2018 reflecting an application to enter a logo, [11] however, the next day the AEC confirmed the party had been deregistered. [7] The secretary of the party appealed the deregistration decision however the three person Electoral Commission affirmed the decision to deregister on 21 August 2018. [12]

The party remains registered in Queensland. [13] The party was renamed the Motorist Party in 2019, [2] then Civil Liberties & Motorists Party in 2020.

The party stood 16 candidates in the 2020 Queensland state election in the seats of Stafford, Aspley, Mirani, Inala, Capalaba, Gregory, Macalister, Mermaid Beach, Gaven, Southport, Mudgeeraba, Ipswich West, Waterford, Springwood, Moggill and Clayfield.

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References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Consumer Rights and No Tolls. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Motorists Party CONSTITUTION" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Register of Political Parties : 2016 Brisbane City Council Mayoral / Councillor Election". Electoral Commission Queensland. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Candidates in Ballot Paper Order: 2016 Brisbane City Council - Mayoral Election". Electoral Commission Queensland. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "2016 Brisbane City Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". 19 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Consumer Rights & No-Tolls". Australian Electoral Commission. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Notice of deregistration: Consumer Rights & No-Tolls" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Civil Liberties, Consumer Rights, No-Tolls Party Constitution" (PDF). Electoral Commission Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Notice of intention to deregister Consumer Rights & No-Tolls" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  11. ↑ Paten, Gabrielle (7 May 2018). "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission . Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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  13. ↑ "Political Party Register". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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