Arts Party

The Arts Party was a political party in Australia inspired by the importance of the arts and creative action. The party voluntarily deregistered on 25 June 2019.[1]

The Arts Party
LeaderBarry Keldoulis
Party SecretaryPJ Collins
Party AgentDaniel Whitely
FoundedAugust 2014 (2014-08)
DissolvedJune 2019 (2019-06)
HeadquartersKingsford, New South Wales
IdeologyProgressivism
Humanism
Environmentalism
Increased funding for public broadcasting and the arts
Colours  Purple
Website
http://www.artsparty.org/

History

The Australian party was founded in October 2013 by two Sydney-based artists, PJ Collins and Nicholas Gledhill,[2] and registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in August 2014.[3][4] Money was raised for the party's registration through a crowd-funding campaign.[5]

Two Arts Party members stood as independent candidates at the 2015 Queensland state election, as the party had not been registered in time to contest the election.[6] Later in the year, the party's leader, PJ Collins, stood as an ungrouped Legislative Council candidate at the 2015 New South Wales state election.[7]

The first official Arts Party candidate was Lou Pollard in the 2015 North Sydney by-election,[8] who came eighth in a field of 13 candidates.

The Arts Party fielded seven candidates for the House of Representatives and thirteen senate candidates across all states in the 2016 federal election.[9] Once again, the entire campaign was financed through a crowd-funding campaign.[10]

The House of Representatives candidates were Anthony Ackroyd in the electorate of Wentworth (NSW),[11] Shea Caplice in the electorate of Warringah (NSW),[12] Tim Sanderson in the electorate of Franklin (Tasmania),[13] Christopher Gordon in the electorate of Bennelong (NSW),[14] Sally Baillieu in the electorate of Dunkley (Victoria),[15] Stephen Beck in the electorate of Longman (Queensland)[16] and Andrew Charles Tyrrell in the electorate of Petrie (Queensland).[17]

In voting for the Senate, the party ranked nationally 28th out of 55 parties, based on first preference votes by group,[18] polling 0.27% of first preferences nationwide.

References

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