Phew! Our nominations have now been lodged and I am very happy to announce that the Liberty & Democracy Party (LDP) will be standing 61 candidates around Australia. To all our candidates and those people who helped organise the candidates, a big thank you.
The LDP has 14 Senate candidates (2 each for all States + ACT) and 47 House candidates. The LDP will be represented from Darwin to Tasmania and Perth to Byron Bay, including all important marginals. We have a healthy spread of House candidates thoughout the States — NSW (12), Qld (12), Vic (8), SA (6), WA (6), Tas (2), NT (1).
Realistically, the only winnable positions for a minor party is the 1st Senate candidate in each State. The LDP lead Senate candidates are as follows:
NSW — Terje Peterson
Qld — John Humphreys
Vic — Steve Clancy
WA — Peter Whelan
SA — David McAlary
Tas — Bede Ireland
I am very happy with how things are turning out for us so far and look forward to an interesting and fun-filled next four weeks of campaigning. If you would like to help, please get in touch with the lead Senate candidate in your State and start spreading the word. To all our candidates — good luck!
UPDATE: As there are a total of 1421 candidates, LDP makes up 4.3% of all candidates.
October 30, 2007 at 1:11 pm |
Congrats to the LDP hierarchy for getting this huge effort together.
October 30, 2007 at 1:40 pm |
Yes, well done, with special thanks to David Leyonhjelm, who has done about 60% of all the work.
October 30, 2007 at 1:55 pm |
See you at the WA launch tonight?
October 30, 2007 at 1:58 pm |
Many thanks to the executive and willing volunteers, donors, and candidates for making this happen.
October 30, 2007 at 2:05 pm |
47 HoR Candidates! Very nice. Pity we fell short of 50, though
Still, it gives us a boost and takes us to near to top tier of all the micro-parties, bordering on being considered a “minor” party.
October 30, 2007 at 2:09 pm |
Oh and would someone mind updating the website so the candidates are listed by electorate in alphabetical order in each state?
Or alphabetically by surname.
The current setup is a little messy.
October 30, 2007 at 3:46 pm |
So far so good. Well done all!
Hey Shem! You still in Vic?
October 30, 2007 at 3:53 pm |
I’ll be in Vic until about the 12th-14th it seems. Then I’m heading off to Tassie.
October 30, 2007 at 4:05 pm |
oh okay, good luck with that.
October 31, 2007 at 2:25 pm |
[...] the LDP’s main campaign blog comes the news that there are 61 candidates standing for the party this election. That’s 47 House of Reps candidates and 14 Senate [...]
November 1, 2007 at 5:50 pm |
Which way is the LDP directing senate preferences in this election?
November 1, 2007 at 10:22 pm |
Our full tickets will be submitted on Saturday. I highly recommend voting below the line if you have a particular preference. We’ll be preferencing out of political necessity more than out of ideology- all the other parties want government control over our lives.