Dignity Party previously known as Dignity for Disability or Dignity 4 Disability or D4D (known as Dignity for Disabled until 2010) is a political party in the Australian state of

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. The party had one parliamentary member, Kelly Vincent, elected at the 2010 state election to the eleventh and last seat for an eight-year term in the 22-member Legislative Council in the

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. She was not re-elected in the 2018 state election. In 2016, the name of the political party was changed to the Dignity Party to better represent equality in all forms including race, gender, age and sexual orientation. The party was deregistered in November 2019, after being unable to prove it still had 200 members.

2006 election

The party first ran at the 2006 election under their previous name, Dignity for Disabled, with no successful candidates. Candidates were fielded in the lower house seats of

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, Norwood, Hartley, Newland, Morialta,

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, and

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, and fielded four candidates in the

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. Their highest result in the lower house was in

as well as

at 2.4 percent (506 and 492 votes respectively). Their upper house vote was 0.6 percent (5615 votes).

2010 election

At the 2010 election, renamed Dignity for Disability ran for the lower house seats of

, Norwood and

with similar results. Four candidates again stood for the upper house. The upper house vote doubled from 0.6 percent to 1.2 percent, and after receiving preferences, candidate Kelly Vincent was elected to the eleventh and last upper house seat for an eight-year term. Vincent was listed second on the party's upper house ticket, but received the preferences of first candidate

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who died of a

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eleven days before the election. Vincent stated she would "probably side with the Greens on certain issues".

2014 election

Candidates were fielded at the 2014 election in the lower house seats of

, Dunstan, Elder, Heysen,

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and Waite, and fielded three upper house candidates. Their highest result in the lower house was in Heysen at 5.2 percent where the Greens overtook

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on Dignity for Disability preferences. Their upper house vote was 0.9 percent. The candidates in Adelaide and Waite, Anna Tree and Cathi Tucker, were previously

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candidates. Tree ran in Colton in 2006 and

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, Tucker (then Tucker-Lee) ran in Kavel in 2002 and

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, Norwood in

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, Hartley in

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, and federally in

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in 1996. Tucker-Lee received a 23.2 percent primary vote and a 43.7 percent two-candidate vote in Kavel in 1997.

2018 election

In July 2017, Kelly Vincent launched her bid for re-election alongside a team of upper house candidates announced by the Dignity Party. In October 2017, Dignity Party announced one of their largest ever lower house candidate teams in preparation for the South Australian Election, held on 17 March 2018. She was not re-elected. Dignity Party Legislative Council (upper house) candidates for the 2018 state election were Kelly Vincent, Diana Bleby, Ryan Mann and Esther Simbi. Dignity Party House of Assembly (lower house) candidates for the 2018 state election were Betty-Jean Price (candidate for

), Anastasia Svetlichny (candidate for

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), Richard Challis (candidate for Chaffey), Madeline McCaul (candidate for Cheltenham), Ted Evans (candidate for Colton), Lucy McGinley (candidate for

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), Ben Wilson (candidate for Dunstan), Nick Schumi (candidate for Elder), Emma Cresdee (candidate for

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), Cat Connor (candidate for

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), Garry Connor (candidate for

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), Cyanne Westerman (candidate for Giles), Rick Neagle (candidate for Hartley), Cristina Rodert (candidate for Kavel), Monica Kwan (candidate for Morphett), Bryan Tingey (candidate for Port Adelaide), John Duthie (candidate for Torrens), Cathi Tucker (candidate for Waite), and Phillip Beddall (candidate for West Torrens).

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