Liberals for Forests was an Australian political minor party. It contested both state and federal elections between 2002 and 2008, but only ever achieved one elected representative – Janet Woollard (elected as an Independent) in Western Australia. It never achieved representation at the federal level.[1]
The party was founded in 2001 by Dr Keith Woollard, husband of Janet Woollard and an ex-AMA president.
The party generally professed itself to be ideologically aligned with the centre-right sympathies of the Liberal Party of Australia, but was aligned with the ALP in certain states such as NSW but with a greater regard to environmentalism.
Despite its low profile, the party gained a respectable proportion of the primary senate vote in some states. For example, in the 2004 election it received only a few hundred votes less than the Australian Democrats in Victoria.
Name
The registered party name at the Australian Electoral Commission[2] and the Western Australian Electoral Commission[3] was "liberals for forests" (uncapitalised), but it was known in newspapers as "Liberals for Forests". By late 2009, Liberals for Forests was no longer a registered political party anywhere in Australia.
See also
- Small-l liberal – a term used by LFF candidates to describe themselves in order to attract the support of mildly disenchanted coalition voters
References
- ^ The Nationals: The Progressive, Country, and National Party 186287526X Paul Davey – 2006 "A group calling themselves Liberals for Forests fielded a candidate, as they did in six other House of Representatives seats. They produced a how-to-vote card on election day, which the Liberal and National parties argued was misleading to.."
- ^ http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/Who/party_reg/registered/lff.htm
- ^ http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/frames.asp?section=partyRegistration&content=reg_pol_part.htm
External links
- official site (Internet Archive – snapshot 2006)