Minor Party Alliance

The Minor Party Alliance is a creation of Glenn Druery's "Independent Liaison" business which assists in organising preference meetings and negotiating preference flows between minor parties in Australia.[1][2] The aim of the Alliance is the election of Alliance candidates to Australian upper houses based on collections of their primary votes and the registered "above-the-line" party preferences to reach an electoral quota. For the Australian Senate, the quota for a half-Senate election in each State is normally 14.3%.

Known as the preference whisperer of Australian politics,[3][1] Druery's Minor Party Alliance was behind the 2013 federal election preference deal successes which resulted in Wayne Dropulich of the Sports Party being elected in Western Australia on a primary vote of 0.2%, Ricky Muir of the Motoring Enthusiasts Party being elected in Victoria on a primary vote of 0.5% and Bob Day of the Family First Party being elected on a primary vote of 3.8% in South Australia.[4][5] However, the Western Australian result was later declared void (for unrelated reasons), necessitating a further election at which the Sports Party candidate was unsuccessful. The fifth Senators in the other States were Dio Wang in Western Australia, Glenn Lazarus in Queensland and Jacqui Lambie in Tasmania, all from the Palmer United Party, and David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democratic Party elected with a primary vote of 9.5% in New South Wales.

Muir's primary vote was 0.5% and achieved the 14.3% quota from 23 "above the line" party preferences: Bank Reform Party, Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party, HEMP Party, Shooters and Fishers, Australian Stable Population Party, Senator Online, Building Australia Party, Family First Party, Bullet Train For Australia, Rise Up Australia Party, No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics, Citizens Electoral Council, Palmer United Party, Democratic Labour Party, Katter's Australian Party, Socialist Equality Party, Australian Sex Party, Australian Voice Party, Wikileaks Party, Drug Law Reform, Stop CSG, Animal Justice Party, and the Australian Independents Party.[6][7]

Day's primary vote was 3.8% (down 0.3% since the previous election),[8] and achieved the 14.3% quota from 19 "above the line" party preferences: Australian Independents Party, Australian Stable Population Party, Liberal Democratic Party, Smokers' Rights Party, No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics, Building Australia Party, Rise Up Australia Party, Katter's Australian Party, One Nation, Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party, Australian Christians, Shooters and Fishers, Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party, Democratic Labour Party, Animal Justice Party, Australian Greens, Palmer United Party, HEMP Party, Australian Labor Party.[9]

Druery also helped the Shooters and Fishers Party, Family First Party and the Fishing and Lifestyle Party.

Druery initiated the MPA at the New South Wales state election, 1999 and his then untested theories elected three people: Peter Wong from Unity, Peter Breen from Reform the Legal System and Malcolm Jones from The Outdoor Recreation Party.[10][11] After the 2013 federal election Druery was hired by the newly elected Motor Enthusiast Party Senator Ricky Muir as Chief of Staff, but later parted company with Muir.[12]

Members

The Minor Party Alliance has involved more than 30 minor parties:[2][13]

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