The Australian Defence Veterans Party (often shortened to Veterans Party) was a minor political party which formed in Australia in 2015 to advocate for military

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s. In November 2014, Senator

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—then a member of the

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, and an advocate for defence veterans and personnel, liked the proposed party's

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page, triggering an increase in membership enquiries and speculation that Lambie could join the ADVP, however she instead registered a separate party called the

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on 14 May 2015. The party was registered with the

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on 15 June 2015. In August 2015, the ADVP announced that former Army Officer Dr Greg Smith would be the party's first candidate for the Canning by-election. The ADVP and Smith finished eighth out of twelve candidates with a 0.8% vote. The Veterans Party fielded two senate candidates in each of Queensland and New South Wales, and four candidates for seats in the

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(three in Queensland and one in New South Wales) in the 2016 federal election. On 26 January 2017, Veterans Party ceased operating as a registered political party, and it was de-registered by the Australian Electoral Commission on 8 February.

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* Defunct political parties in Australia Political parties established in 2015 2015 establishments in Australia Political parties disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in Australia {{Australia-party-stub