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Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party
AbbreviationLCQ
PresidentMelody Lindsay
SecretarySuzette Luyken
Founded1 September 2020 (2020-09-01)
HeadquartersNambour Qld
IdeologyLegalisation of cannabis
National affiliationLegalise Cannabis Australia
Queensland Parliament0 / 93
Website
https://lcqparty.org/

Legalise Cannabis Queensland, registered with the Electoral Commission Queensland as Legalise Cannabis Queensland (Party), is a single-issue political party based in Queensland, Australia. The party has a number of policies that centre around the adult legalisation and regulation of cannabis for personal, medical and industrial uses.

The party was formed in 2020, and ran 23 candidates in the Queensland state election in that year. They received over 26,000 votes and 0.91% of the total first preference votes statwide, gaining over 5% of the vote in some areas and 3 to 4% in others, Ian Zunker received the party's biggest share of first preference votes in the state, with 5.51% in the electorate of Bundaberg. The party finished as the sixth largest party by number of votes out of the twelve parties that contested the election.

Formation

The Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party was established when a group of like minded people containing members from the H.E.M.P. Party, Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA) and their associated networks formed a Facebook group with the intention of standing as independents in the October 2020 Queensland state election with the view of working loosely together to push for cannabis law reform in Queensland and share resources. They met in person on several occasions to discuss issues and policy. Then one person suggested maybe a political party would be a better way. The party met the membership requirements for registration within a fortnight and on 1 July 2020 they submitted registration paperwork to the Electoral Commission of Queensland to run candidates at the October Queensland state election. The party was registered as a political party by ECQ on 9 September 2020.

Election results

Queensland

Election Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Votes % +/– Seats +/–
2020 26,146 0.91% New 0 / 89 New
2024 49,552 1.6% +0.7 0 / 89 Steady

Federal

Main articles: Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland and 2022 Australian Senate election § Queensland
Election Queensland House seats Queensland Senate seats
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats won Total seats +/–
2022 6,025 0.20% 0 / 25 New 161,899 5.37% 0 / 6 0 / 12 New

See also

References

  1. "Registers". Queensland Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. "New political party's plan to legalise cannabis". Queensland Times. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. "2020 Queensland State Election Candidates". Candidates. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. "Pot-smoking granny heads up Legalise Cannabis Qld party". Courier Mail. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. "2020 Queensland State Election Results". Queensland Electoral Commission. July 2019.
  6. Cornell, Karie (19 November 2020). "Newly formed pro-cannabis party launching in WA". Pondering Pot. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  7. "Bundaberg vote count in Queensland election sees LNP's David Batt leading Labor's Tom Smith". ABC News. 6 November 2020.
  8. "History". Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  9. "Hemp Embassy Headlines". Hemp Embassy. 4 June 2020.
  10. "Register of political parties". Electoral Commission Queensland. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

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