Publican Party

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The Publican Party was a minor political party in Scotland. The party was founded in March 2005 in Inverness, Highland by two publicans, Kit Fraser and Don Lawson. [1]

The foremost policy of the Publican Party was fighting a smoking ban which came into effect in March 2006. [1] [2] [3] The party argued for separate smoking rooms, [4] and worked with a campaign to lift the ban on smoking shisha pipes. [2]

Lawson stood for the party in the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency at the 2005 general election and gained 678 votes (1.5%). [5] The party contested four regional seats in the Scottish Parliament election, 2007, receiving 5,905 votes. [6] [7] [8] Fraser blamed a lack of financial support from trade associations and brewers for their electoral performance. [9] The party was deregistered in November 2007. [10]

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  1. 1 2 "New party to oppose smoking ban". BBC News. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 "Banned Brothers". The Herald. Scotland. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "Atmosphere 'proves worth' of ban". BBC News. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ Knox, John (28 April 2007). "Smaller Scots parties 'no jokers'". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 9 January 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ↑ "Lib Dems gain new Inverness seat". BBC News. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ "Scottish elections 2007". BBC News . Retrieved 22 May 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ↑ Beers, Roy (18 April 2007). "Publican Party gears up for Scottish elections". The Publican. Retrieved 9 January 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ↑ "Publican party back for Holyrood elections". The Inverness Courier. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ↑ Beers, Roy (9 May 2007). "Publican Party defeated in Scottish elections". The Publican. Retrieved 9 January 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  10. ↑ "List of Political Parties either renamed or deregistered since 2002" (PDF). Electoral Commission. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)


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