The Arts Party is an
Australian political party
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inspired by the importance of the arts and creative action. The party was voluntarily deregistered with the
Australian Electoral Commission
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Responsibilities
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on 25 June 2019, but remains
registered for local elections with the
New South Wales Electoral Commission
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...
.
History
The Australian party was founded in October 2013 by two
Sydney
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-based artists, PJ Collins and
Nicholas Gledhill
Nicholas Martin Gledhill (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian film, stage actor, voice artist, writer and choreographer
Biography
Gledhill was born in Sydney to parents Bobbie Gledhill and actor Arthur Dignam. He grew up in Glebe, New South Wa ...
, and registered by the
Australian Electoral Commission
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(AEC) in August 2014. Money was raised for the party's registration through a
crowd-funding campaign.
Two Arts Party members stood as
independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independ ...
candidates at the
2015 Queensland state election
The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The centre-right Liberal National Party (LNP), led by Premier Campbell Newman, attempted to win a s ...
, as the party had not been registered in time to contest the election. 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
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.
The first official Arts Party candidate was Lou Pollard in the
2015 North Sydney by-election
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The trigger for the by-election was ...
, who came eighth in a field of 13 candidates.
The Arts Party fielded seven candidates for the
House of Representatives
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and thirteen
senate
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candidates across all states in the
2016 federal election.
Once again, the entire campaign was financed through a
crowd-funding campaign.
The
House of Representatives
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candidates were
Anthony Ackroyd
Anthony Michael Ackroyd (born 30 June) is an Australian comedian, writer, musician, actor, speaker, and teacher. He is currently the CEO (Chief Enjoyment Officer) of his company The Laughter Advantage.
Biography
Ackroyd was born in Hobart, Tasma ...
in the electorate of
Wentworth Wentworth may refer to:
People
* Wentworth (surname)
* Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), Lady Wentworth, notable Arabian horse breeder
* S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
* Wentworth Miller (born 1 ...
(NSW),
Shea Caplice in the electorate of
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*Electoral ...
(NSW),
Tim Sanderson in the electorate of
Franklin
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People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
(Tasmania),
Christopher Gordon in the electorate of
Bennelong
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(NSW),
Sally Baillieu in the electorate of
Dunkley (Victoria),
Stephen Beck in the electorate of
Longman
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Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. The Longman brand is also ...
(Queensland)
and Andrew Charles Tyrrell in the electorate of
Petrie
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People
* Alexander Petrie (minister), Alexander Petrie (died 1662), Scottish minister
* Alistair Petrie (born 1970), English actor
* Andrew Petrie (1798–1872), Scottish-born builder, arc ...
(Queensland).
In voting for the
Senate
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, the party ranked nationally 28th out of 55 parties, based on first preference votes by group,
polling 0.27% of first preferences nationwide.
At the
2021 New South Wales local elections
The 2021 New South Wales local elections were held on 4 December 2021 to elect the councils of 121 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.
Previous referen ...
, the party received 536 votes.
References
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