The Daylight Saving Party is an Australian political party in Western Australia. It was founded in September 2016 by brothers Brett and Wilson Tucker.[3] It was registered as a political party on 29 November 2016.[4] The party was deregistered in February 2023, but remains active.[5]
Daylight Saving Party | |
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| Leader | Wilson Tucker[1] |
| Secretary | Brett Tucker[2] |
| Founded | September 2016[3] |
| Ideology | Single-issue party |
| WA Legislative Council[a] | 1 / 36
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| Website | |
| Official website | |
Background
editWestern Australia does not observe daylight saving time, and has rejected it in referendums in 1975, 1984, 1992 and 2009. Western Australia trialled daylight saving for three years before the 2009 referendum, and one summer before each of the earlier referendums.[6]
Four states of Australia do have daylight saving, so the time zone difference between them and Western Australia is one hour further during summer as Western Australia is the westernmost state of Australia. Australia's Indian Ocean territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands also do not observe daylight saving and have year-round offsets of 60 and 90 minutes from Western Australia.
An earlier Daylight Savings Party registration in 2005[7] was cancelled in 2008 when the Electoral Commissioner found that it did not have at least 500 members.[8] That party fielded one candidate each in five of the six regions in the September 2008 election before being deregistered in November the same year.
History
editThe Daylight Saving Party has fielded two candidates in each of the six regions for the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 Western Australian election. Voting for the legislative council uses group voting tickets, and preference deals amongst five minor parties orchestrated by Glenn Druery mean that the Daylight Saving Party has its best chance of winning a seat in the South Metropolitan Region.[9] The other four parties involved in the preference deal are Family First, Liberal Democrats, Flux the System and Fluoride Free.[3]
Wilson Tucker was elected in the 2021 Western Australian state election for the Mining and Pastoral electoral region with 98 primary votes (0.23%).[10]
The party was deregistered as a political party in February 2023, but remains active.[2][5] Tucker continued to sit in the Legislative Council as an independent.[11]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ While Wilson Tucker is a member of the party, he currently sits as an independent in parliament.
References
edit- ^ "New WA daylight saving MP Wilson Tucker reveals he is living in the US". www.abc.net.au. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Registered Political Parties in WA". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "South West candidate to push for daylight savings[sic]". Bunbury Mail. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ David Kerslake, Electoral Commissioner (2 December 2016). "ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES—WESTERN AUSTRALIA NOTICE OF REGISTRATION (SECTION 62H) Daylight Saving Party" (PDF). Western Australian Government Gazette. p. 5390. No. 213. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ a b Pollock, Austin (24 February 2023). "One Nation and most other parties in Western Australia to lose registration within days". 6 News Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ Wynne, Emma (1 November 2016). "Daylight Saving Party formed to push for fifth Western Australian referendum". ABC Radio Perth. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "ELECTORAL ACT 1907 Registration of Political Parties Notice of Registration (Section 62H) Daylight Saving Party". Western Australian Government Gazette. 3 May 2005. p. 2009. No. 88. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Warwick Gately AM, Electoral Commissioner (14 November 2008). "ELECTORAL ACT 1907 Registration of Political Parties - Notice of Cancellation of Registration". Western Australian Government Gazette. p. 4882. No. 193. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Gartry, Laura (15 February 2017). "WA election: Micro party preference deal could take five seats in Upper House". ABC News. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Gubana, Benjamin; Hamlyn, Charlotte (1 April 2021). "Legalise Cannabis and Daylight Saving parties elected to WA's Upper House on fraction of primary vote". www.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Wilson Tucker MLC". Wilson Tucker MLC. Wilson Tucker. Retrieved 25 April 2023.