The Australian People's Party was a registered

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in Australia. It was registered by the

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in March 2017. It was formed in 2014. The party recruited enough members to gain registration in March 2017. The party said its aim was to improve standards of living and rights for all Australians through commonsense policies. The party describes itself as a centrist party. The party was de-registered in November 2021 by the Australian Electoral Commission for not having 500 members. In 2019 the Australian People's Party fielded 2 senate candidates for New South Wales. In 2017 the Australian People's Party stood a candidate for the

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of the

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, and again in the

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. The party ran candidates in all five of the federal by-elections occurring on 28 July 2018, putting the

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last on their

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s in each seat except for

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where previous incumbent

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was placed last. The party ran a candidate in the 16-candidate 2018 Wentworth by-election. All six candidates received the lowest number of first preference votes in their respective by-elections. There have been several previous entities with the same name, including a party from

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in 1917, a party contesting the

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in 1929, and a party contesting the Western Australian state seat of

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in 1996.Australian Parliamentary Library, Background Paper 15 of 1996-97 on the West Australian elections of 1996
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References

External links

Policies: AustralianPeoplesParty.com
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