Australian Politics and Policy - Senior, 2019a

Australian Politics and Policy
Table 1 Minor parties elected to the Senate since 1949
Minor party
Year first Senate seat won
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) 1955
Liberal Movement 1974
Australian Democrats 1977
Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) 1984
Vallentine Peace Group 1987
WA Greens 1990
Australian Greens 1996
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 1998
Family First 2004
‘New’ DLP 2010
Liberal Democrats Party (LDP) 2013
Palmer United Party (PUP) 2013
Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party (AMEP) 2013
Hinch Justice Party 2016
Nick Xenophon Team 2016
Jacqui Lambie Network 2016
in the Senate. 49 The party has been able to win and maintain representation in
the House of Representatives at general elections since 2010 – something that has
eluded many other minor parties in Australia – especially as it has been able to
attract disenchanted Labor voters. 50 The party’s strongest influence has been in
theSenate,whereithasoftenheldthebalanceofpowerwithothernon-major
49 Charnock 2009.
50 The Greens won the district of Melbourne from Labor in 2010 and were able to defend the seat
in subsequent elections. See also Bennett 2008.
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