Smokers' Rights Party Explained
The Smokers' Rights Party was a registered political party in Australia from 2013 until September 2017.[2]
The party was created in order to feed preferences to David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democratic Party.[3] [4] With the abolition of group voting tickets in 2016, the Smokers' Rights Party was no longer able to act as a preference feeder, and published a statement recommending that supporters vote for Leyonhjelm in the Senate.[5] It was formally deregistered in September 2017.[2]
The Smokers' Rights Party states that it does not receive funding from the tobacco industry.[6] Despite this, the Liberal Democrats do, having received at least $35000 from Philip Morris in the 2013-2014 financial year.[7]
Smokers Rights fielded only one candidate in the 2016 federal election. This was Joaquim De Lima as a candidate for the Division of Fowler in the House of Representatives.[8] De Lima had previously run as a candidate for the Outdoor Recreation Party (NSW 2011 for Penrith, 2013 Senate NSW, 2014 senate WA, 2015 NSW upper house),[9] and the Liberal Democrats (Federal 2010 for Greenway).
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Notes and References
- Web site: What is the Australian Smokers Rights Party? . .
- Web site: Notice of deregistration Smokers Rights Party . . 5 September 2017 . 13 September 2017 . Notice under s 137(4) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 On 5 September 2017, Stuart Oreo, acting Assistant Commissioner, as a delegate of the Electoral Commission, deregistered the Smokers Rights Party under subsection 137(4) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. Reason: s 137(4) – failure to respond to notice under s 137 (1).
- http://indaily.com.au/news/2013/12/03/accusations-fly-in-micro-party-stoush/ "Accusations fly in micro-party stoush"
- https://www.crikey.com.au/2013/08/22/revealed-the-libertarian-rights-micro-party-links/ "Revealed: the libertarian Right's micro-party links"
- http://smokersrights.org.au "How to vote to protect your rights in the 2016 election"
- http://smokersrights.org.au/links "Links"
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/02/thank-you-for-smoking-leyonhjelm-confirms-philip-morris-backing "'Thank you for smoking': Leyonhjelm confirms Philip Morris backing"
- Web site: Candidates for the 2016 federal election . 11 June 2016 . 11 June 2016 . Australian Electoral Commission.
- https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/22111577/senate-candidates-dont-live-here/ "Senate candidates don't live here"
