Vote 1 Local Jobs
| Vote 1 Local Jobs | |
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| Secretary | James Purcell |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Ideology | Jobs for the Western District (Victoria) |
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Vote 1 Local Jobs is a minor political party in the state of Victoria, Australia. It was registered as a political party by the Victorian Electoral Commission in 2014.[1]
The party was formed in 2014 by James Purcell, a councillor and mayor of the Shire of Moyne, and is mainly concerned with employment issues in Victoria's Western District.[2] At the 2014 Victorian state election, the party ran two candidates each in the Western Victoria Region and the Northern Metropolitan Region of the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house).[3] Purcell, standing in Western Victoria, was elected to parliament, sitting as a crossbencher from 29 November 2014.
Origin
Vote One Local Jobs was founded in November 2014 by former Moyne Shire Mayor James Purcell to represent the Western Victorian region in the Victorian Upper House. The party was subsequently registered in November 2014.
Policy
The party's key policies include:[4]
- Opposition to foreign ownership/investment of agricultural land;
- Legislating against the 'dumping' of foreign products in Australia;
- Decentralising government services from major cities to make services easier to access by people in country areas;
- Cutting the $50 million the government spends on the Grand Prix and injecting these funds into Western Victoria’s roads;
- Creating government incentives to encourage job creation in Western Victoria;
- Support of jumps racing;
- Support of camping and fishing in public reserves
In 2015 the party voted in favour of an exemption for religious institutions to deny same-sex couples access to adoption.[5]
Results
In the 2014 Victorian election Vote One Local Jobs representative, James Purcell, was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council, claiming the fifth seat in the Western Victoria region.[6]
Political Representatives
- James Purcell (Victorian Legislative Council, 2014–present)
References
- ↑ "Registration of Vote 1 Local Jobs". Victorian Electoral Commission. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Sinnott, Alex (18 November 2014). "Upper house chance for Vote1 Local Jobs party". The Standard. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Moss, Dan (14 November 2014). "Shifting alliances and bitter distrust as Vic preference deals go down to the wire". Crikey. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Party policies
- ↑ Gordon, Josh (13 November 2015). "Conservatives force religious exemptions into same-sex adoption laws". The Age. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ "State 2014 Results Western Victoria Region".