The Centre Unity Party (CUP) was an

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History

The party was formed by Patricia Poulos in October 1986, and first contested two New South Wales state by-elections − Bankstown and Heathcote − in January 1987. At the 1990 federal election, the party contested ran five

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tickets across multiple states, although it was not registered with the Australian Electoral Commission. Poulos also contested the

division of Cook The Division of Cook is an Australian electoral division in the State of New South Wales. History Cook was created in 1969, mostly out of the Liberal-leaning areas of neighbouring Hughes. It was thus a natural choice for that seat's one-ter ...

, where she received 2.1% of the vote, coming last in a field of five candidates. The party did not contest any further elections. Its logo was back-to-back kangaroos.

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