Vote 1 Local Jobs

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Vote 1 Local Jobs
Secretary James Purcell
FoundedNovember 2014;10 years ago (November 2014)
Registered3 November 2014;10 years ago (3 November 2014)
Dissolved30 July 2019;5 years ago (30 July 2019)
Headquarters32 Bank Street, Port Fairy, Victoria, 3284
Ideology Regionalism
Victorian Legislative Council
1 / 40
(2014–2018)
Moyne Shire Council
1 / 7
(2014)
Website
Vote 1 Local Jobs Website

Vote 1 Local Jobs was a minor political party in the state of Victoria, Australia. [1] It was registered as a political party by the Victorian Electoral Commission on 3 November 2014, in time for the 2014 state election. [2]

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Policies and philosophy

The Vote 1 Local Jobs party is mainly concerned with employment issues in Victoria's Western District. [3]

The party's key policies at the 2014 election included: [4]

In 2015 the party voted in favour of an exemption for religious institutions to deny same-sex couples access to adoption. [5]

History

The Vote 1 Local Jobs party was formed in November 2014 by James Purcell, former councillor and mayor of the Shire of Moyne. The party was registered by the Victorian Electoral Commission on 3 November 2014, in time for the 2014 Victorian state election, held later that month.

At the 2014 Victorian election, two candidates stood for the party for the Victorian Legislative Council. Purcell stood in the Western Victoria Region and received 5,501 first preference votes (1.26% of the region), [6] and after the distribution of preferences was the last of the five members elected for the region, and sat as a crossbencher for a four-year term. In the Northern Metropolitan Region [7] the candidate was unsuccessful.

At the 2018 Victorian state election, the party lost its sole member in the Legislative Council. While Nathan Purcell and Aaron Purcell unsuccessful stood in the Northern Metropolitan Region for the party, James Purcell contested the Legislative Assembly seat of South-West Coast as an independent, receiving 16.47% of the vote, and was also unsuccessful. [8] The party was deregistered on 30 July 2019. [9]

Electoral results

Victorian Legislative Council
Election year# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		# of
overall seats won		# of
overall seats		+/–Notes
2014 7,1080.21 (#19)
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1 / 40
Increase2.svg 1Shared balance of power
2018 5,3380.15 (#20)
0 / 40
0 / 40
Decrease2.svg 1

References

  1. ↑ Tibballs, Scott (28 May 2015). "Mr Purcell goes to Spring Street: a man on a (jobs) mission". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 22 October 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Registration of Vote 1 Local Jobs". Victorian Electoral Commission. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Sinnott, Alex (18 November 2014). "Upper house chance for Vote 1 Local Jobs party". The Standard. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Party policies
  5. ↑ Gordon, Josh (13 November 2015). "Conservatives force religious exemptions into same-sex adoption laws". The Age. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "State 2014 Results Western Victoria Region".
  7. ↑ Moss, Dan (14 November 2014). "Shifting alliances and bitter distrust as Vic preference deals go down to the wire". Crikey. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "2018 State election results".
  9. ↑ "De-registration of Vote 1 Local Jobs". Victorian Electoral Commission. 30 July 2019.


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