Western Australia Party
Western Australia Party | |
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| Leader | Julie Matheson |
| Secretary | Stephen Phelan |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Ideology | Western Australian state's rights |
| Website | |
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westernaustraliaparty | |
The Western Australia Party is a registered political party in Western Australia, established by Julie Matheson as Julie Matheson for Western Australia in order to contest the 2017 state election.[1] It was registered by the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) on 18 October 2016.[2]
Matheson established the party amid community anger over the government introducing Development Assessment Panels while she was a member of the City of Subiaco council.[3] The party endorsed candidates in 20 Legislative Assembly seats for the 2017 election and in all six regions for the Legislative Council. Matheson herself stood as a candidate in the Legislative Council's North Metropolitan Region.[4]
Matheson has stood for parliament on three previous occasions – for the Greens at the 2010 federal election and 2013 state election (in Durack and Pilbara, respectively),[5][6] and as an independent at the 2016 federal election (in the senate).[7]
The party was rebranded in the middle of 2017 as the Western Australia Party.
References
- ↑ "Registered Political Parties in WA". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ↑ No. 191, Western Australian Government Gazette, 21 October 2016, p. 4787.
- ↑ Turner, Rebecca (22 July 2016). "DAPS anger behind formation of new Western Australian political party". ABC News. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ↑ "North Metropolitan Region". WA Election 2017. ABC Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ↑ "WA DIVISION - DURACK". Election 2010 Virtual tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ↑ "Pilbara Candidate – Julie Matheson – The Greens", Pilbara Echo, 1 March 2013.
- ↑ "Julie Matheson, Subiaco councillor, to run for Senate", Western Suburbs Weekly, 12 April 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.