The City Country Alliance (CCA, initially One Nation Queensland) was a short-lived Australian political party, operating exclusively in Queensland, that briefly held six

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state parliamentary seats. It was founded in the wake of

Pauline Hanson's One Nation Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON or ONP), also known as One Nation or One Nation Party, is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson. One Nat ...

experiencing severe ructions in Queensland, the home state of founder

Pauline Hanson Pauline Lee Hanson (''née'' Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation, a right-wing populist political party. Hanson has represented Queensland in the Australian ...

. One Nation had made a surprisingly good showing at the 1998 state election, winning 11 seats in the

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. However, in 1999, five MLAs seceded to sit as independents, in protest at the centralisation of party affairs in

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, costing One Nation official status in the legislature. Amid delays in the

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acting on an appeal of One Nation's deregistration in Queensland, the five remaining One Nation MLAs tried to register a separate Queensland party. When party headquarters declared it a mutiny, they announced formation of One Nation QLD as a separate party. The party later changed its name to the City Country Alliance. Its inaugural parliamentary leader was

Bill Feldman William Patrick Feldman (born 22 February 1958) is a former Australian politician. Born in Kingaroy, Queensland, Feldman was a police officer before entering politics working close with David Dalgleish, having attained the rank of sergeant in ...

, and its executive director was Ian Petersen. A sixth member,

Jeff Knuth Jeffrey Alan Knuth (born 9 March 1962) is an Australian politician. Biography Born in Ayr, Queensland, he was a painter and decorator before entering politics. In 1998, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of P ...

, subsequently joined, and was later followed by former Senator-elect Heather Hill. On 12 September 2000, the party became lawfully registered, but it had already showed signs of collapse before winning formal registration. Its website had not been updated since 24 March 2000. On 17 February 2001, the party contested the Queensland state election, winning only 2.39% of the primary vote, and losing all of its seats. On 22 April 2003, the party lost its official status after the

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determined it no longer had the right to hold it.

Members of Parliament

*1999–2001 ** Harry Black MLA (

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) **

David Dalgleish David Bruce Dalgleish (born 13 October 1962) is a former Australian politician who served as the state member of Hervey Bay, a city councillor, and deputy mayor of the Fraser Coast region. Born in Epping, he was a licensed motor mechanic, welde ...

MLA (

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) **

MLA (

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) **

Jack Paff Jack Kelvin Paff (born 11 May 1938) is a former Australian politician. Early life Paff was born in Taree, New South Wales. He served in the Citizens Military Force and rose to the position of sergeant. He was a stationmaster with New South ...

MLA ( Ipswich West) ** Peter Prenzler MLA ( Lockyer) *2000–2001 **

MLA (

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)

References

External links

City Country Alliance
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