The Australian Cyclists Party was a minor political party in Australia.
It was registered with the
New South Wales Electoral Commission
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in 2014, and unsuccessfully contested the
2015 New South Wales state election
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. It was also registered later with the
Victorian Electoral Commission
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, and unsuccessfully contested the
2014 Victorian state election
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. It registered with the
Australian Electoral Commission
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for federal elections on 20 August 2014 and voluntarily deregistered on 5 September 2017.
The party used the slogan ''I Cycle, I Vote'', and aimed to raise awareness of cycling-related issues.
The party's founder was Omar Khalifa, a former CEO of Bicycle New South Wales. Khalifa was the lead candidate in the group of 15 candidates (this many are required to get a box "above the line") at the
2015 New South Wales state election
A general election for the 56th Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) was held on Saturday 28 March 2015. Members were elected to all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly using optional preferential voting. Members were also elected to 21 of th ...
in the
New South Wales Legislative Council
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, coming third-last of all parties with just 0.43 percent of the vote. The party also fielded candidates in six
lower house
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electorates.
The Australian Cyclists Party fielded nine
senate
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candidates and two candidates for seats in the
House of Representatives
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in the
2016 federal election. The one Cyclists Party candidate in Victoria was second in Group E on the Senate ballot paper, sharing the group with the candidate for the
Science Party.
In 2017, the party deregistered and merged with the
Australian Sex Party
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to form
Reason Australia
The Reason Party is an Australian political party founded in 2017. Its leader, Fiona Patten, describes the party as a "civil libertarian alternative". Patten was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as at the 2018 state election in the ...
.
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