Community First Alliance Explained

President:Sonya Phillips
Founder:Sonya Phillips
Founded:2004
Dissolved:Late 2008
Seats1 Title:Baulkham Hills Shire Council
Seats2 Title:Sutherland Shire Council
Seats3 Title:Warringah Council
Country:New South Wales
Country2:Australia

The Community First Alliance (CFA), also known simply as Community First (CF), was an Australian political party that contested local government elections in New South Wales.[1] [2] [3]

History

Community First was founded by Sonya Phillips ahead of the 2004 local government elections. At the elections, the party only contested Baulkham Hills Shire, where two of its candidates (including Phillips) were elected.[4]

In 2008, the party expanded to contest Sutherland Shire and Warringah Council as well as Baulkham Hills, although Phillips did not seek re-election.[5] During the campaign, Labor Party members in Kiama contested on an unregistered ticket also called "Community First".[6] As a result, Phillips made a formal complaint to the New South Wales Electoral Commission.[7]

At the elections, Community First won two seats in Sutherland and one seat in Warringah. However, it faded away following the elections.[8] [9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Melouney . Carmel . Tell them how good I am . The Daily Telegraph . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515043714/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/tell-them-how-good-i-am/news-story/eee8992e7ae11a55442b38e2fe76dcc3?nk=428a22a19e7ece03080034a01c596431-1715747834 . 15 May 2024 . 24 August 2008.
  2. Web site: West . Andrew . Creagh . Sunanda . Mayoral candidate under fire . Sydney Morning Herald . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515041040/https://www.smh.com.au/national/mayoral-candidate-under-fire-20080910-gdsubu.html . 15 May 2024 . 10 September 2008.
  3. Web site: EFA Annual Report 2008/2009 . Election Funding Authority . https://web.archive.org/web/20231010190502/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/2be8ef21-fea0-4196-9f79-fcded3ce5bd9/election-funding-authority-annual-report-2008-09.pdf . 10 October 2023 . 30 October 2009.
  4. Web site: Raue . Ben . The Hills council election, 2021 . 5 May 2021 . The Tally Room . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515041658/https://www.tallyroom.com.au/archive/nswcouncil2021/thehills2021 . 15 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Community First Alliance Party . Vincent De Luca.
  6. Web site: Hoctor . Michelle . Sandra McCarthy re-elected as Kiama Mayor . Illawarra Mercury . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515041220/https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/609162/sandra-mccarthy-re-elected-as-kiama-mayor/ . 15 May 2024 . 14 September 2008.
  7. Web site: Labor candidates ducking for cover in council elections . The Daily Telegraph . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515042451/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/labor-candidates-ducking-for-cover/news-story/7eeffcd46e049d910d320e5615f36ae6 . 15 May 2024 . 13 September 2008.
  8. Web site: SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL - A WARD . New South Wales Electoral Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20240403140907/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Sutherland.html . 2024-04-03 .
  9. Web site: SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL - D WARD . New South Wales Electoral Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20230411003234/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Sutherland.council1696.html?wardid=X080912304W01 . 2023-04-11 .
  10. Web site: WARRINGAH COUNCIL - A WARD . New South Wales Electoral Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20240403150806/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Warringah.html . 2024-04-03 .

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