Voice for the West explained

Voice for the West
Founder:Vern Hughes
Leader1 Title:President
Leader1 Name:Dr Berhan Ahmed
Leader2 Title:Secretary
Leader2 Name:Vern Hughes
Ideology:Localism
Country:Australia

Voice for the West was a minor political party in Australia. It was registered as a political party by the Victorian Electoral Commission in 2014 and ran candidates representing western Melbourne electorates in the 2014 Victorian state election.

The party was founded by several community leaders from the western suburbs of Melbourne, and aims to challenge members of the Labor Party dominant in the area, and to gain the balance of power in the state parliament.[1]

The party's president was Dr Berhan Ahmed, and its founder and secretary was Vern Hughes.[2] Former independent federal MP Phil Cleary stood as a Voice for the West candidate for the Victorian Legislative Council seat of Northern Metropolitan Region in the 2014 Victorian election.[3]

After an unsuccessful 2014 election where the party managed less than 2% of the primary vote in the Western Metropolitan region Legislative Council vote, the party was deregistered on 16 March 2015.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Hewitt. Sue. West's new political voice jumps the gun on candidate. 13 November 2014. The Weekly Review. 28 July 2014.
  2. News: Capone. Alesha. 'People power' election drive hopes to get representatives from Melbourne's west into State Parliament. 13 November 2014. Brimbank Leader. 8 July 2014.
  3. News: Tippet. Harrison. Social justice campaigner Phil Cleary to stand for Voice for the West in Northern Metropolitan Region. 13 November 2014. Melbourne Leader. News Corp Australia. 11 November 2014.
  4. Web site: Victoria Government Gazette . Government of Victoria . 19 March 2015 . 23 October 2016.
  5. Web site: Western Metropolitan Region - Victorian Election 2014 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . .