Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party
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The Sun-Ripened Warm Tomato Party is a joke party that stood candidates in the first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
elections in 1989. It received 1.17 percent of the vote and its preferences went to elect Residents Rally
candidates to the Assembly. As a result of the lax party registration laws that allowed this party and other similar parties (for example the Party! Party! Party!
and the Surprise Party) to stand candidates, the electoral legislation in the Australian Capital Territory
was changed to provide that parties must have 100 members and a constitution before they could register. Usually they are referred to as the SRWT Party.
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory...
elections in 1989. It received 1.17 percent of the vote and its preferences went to elect Residents Rally
Residents Rally
Residents Rally was an Australian political party, with four candidates elected to the first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly at the 1989 Australian Capital Territory general election. Residents Rally were led by Canberra human rights barrister and lawyer, Bernard Collaery....
candidates to the Assembly. As a result of the lax party registration laws that allowed this party and other similar parties (for example the Party! Party! Party!
Party! Party! Party!
Party! Party! Party! was a short-lived joke political party in Australia. It ran in only one election, the 1989 Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly election...
and the Surprise Party) to stand candidates, the electoral legislation in the Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
was changed to provide that parties must have 100 members and a constitution before they could register. Usually they are referred to as the SRWT Party.
External references
- ACT Electoral Commission 1989 results
- http://aec.gov.au