New Country Party | |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09) |
| Split from | Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
| Ideology | Australian nationalism Hansonism Social conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Slogan | “Australia's Voice” |
TheNew Country Party was a minorpolitical party inAustralia. It emerged from the internal divisions of theOne Nation Party inQueensland andWestern Australia in 2003 (in a similar fashion to theCity Country Alliance) and was registered by theAustralian Electoral Commission on 9 January 2004. Two Western Australian stateupper house MPs elected on One Nation tickets,Paddy Embry andFrank Hough, joined the party and were its only serving MPs until their defeat in theWestern Australian state election in 2005.
In the leadup to theOctober 2004 Federal election, there was some suggestion that Queensland independent MPBob Katter would run on the New Country Party ticket. However, he did not do so. The party ranSenate tickets in Western Australia, Queensland andNew South Wales, where it got 0.18%, 0.13% and 0.16% of the vote respectively,[1] and obtained 0.08% of the vote nationwide in thelower house.
In February 2005, the party contested the Western Australian state election, and gained 0.31% of the upper house vote statewide, and 0.11% of the lower house vote. Both sitting members lost their seats to major party candidates.[2]
The NCP contested the2008 Western Australian state election, but won only 0.05% of the primary vote for the Legislative Council. The party has since been de-registered by the Western Australian Electoral Commission.
The party's website no longer appears to exist, but is archived.[3]
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