Fluoride Free WA Party was a

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registered for elections in

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. Its main policy is to end mandatory

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in Western Australia. The party is a distinct legal entity from an advocacy organisation named Fluoride Free WA Inc, however, the party was formed by the advocacy group to increase media interest. The party merged into the

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in 2019. Fluoride Free WA Party fielded two candidates in each of the six regions for the Legislative Council in the 2017 Western Australian election. It subsequently also ran John Watt (a vice-president and the treasurer of Fluoride Free WA Inc) as a candidate in the Darling Range by-election in 2018. Voting for the legislative council uses

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s. Fluoride Free WA Party has participated with four other parties in a set of preference deals orchestrated by

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. The other parties are Family First, Liberal Democrats,

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and the

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. The deals are arranged so that the ticket votes for these five parties roll up to a different party in each region.

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Defunct political parties in Western Australia Political parties established in 2016 2016 establishments in Australia Political parties disestablished in 2019 2019 disestablishments in Australia {{WesternAustralia-stub

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