Queensland Greens
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| Queensland Greens | |
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| Leader | No official leader |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | 26 Horan Street WEST END QLD 4101 |
| Political Ideology | Green politics |
| International Affiliation | Global Greens Asia-Pacific Green Network |
| Website | Queensland Greens |
| See also | Politics of Australia |
The Queensland Greens is a Green party in the Australian state of Queensland, and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. The party was founded in November 1991 [1] and made its electoral debut at the 1993 federal election. As of early 2007, it is the only state Greens party that has failed to achieve parliamentary representation. The Senate ticket headed by founding convenor Drew Hutton at the 2004 federal election polled 7.7 per cent of the statewide vote; under the complex Senate electoral system, Hutton would have won a seat on preferences if One Nation Senator Len Harris had not finished 0.17 per cent behind his party's founder, independent candidate Pauline Hanson.
The party has also been unable to win seats in the Queensland Parliament, which uniquely of Australian state parliaments is unicameral and has no allowance for proportional representation. However, its unusual decision to direct preferences to the conservative National-Liberal coalition in three seats [2] had a significant bearing on the 1995 state election, being a decisive factor in Labor's loss of the seat of Mulgrave [3]. The Labor government of Wayne Goss went on to lose office the following February when its defeat in the Mundingburra by-election cost it its one-seat majority. The Queensland Greens have enjoyed growing support in recent state elections, increasing their vote from 2.5 per cent at the 2001 election (when they contested 31 of the Parliament's 89 seats) to 6.76 per cent in 2004 (from 72 seats) and 7.99 per cent in 2006 (from 75 seats).
[edit] References
- ^ Queensland Greens — About Us
- ^ Mitchell, Alex (1995). "Strange Bedfellows for Greens", The Sun-Herald, 16 July 1995.
- ^ Green, Antony (2005). Informal voting - don't blame the voters!. On Line Opinion. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
