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Legalise Cannabis Qld (Party)
Founded11 September 2020 (2020-09-11)
IdeologyLegalisation of cannabis
Queensland Parliament
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Website
https://legalisecannabisqld.org.au

Legalise Cannabis Queensland (registered with the Electoral Commission Queensland as Legalise Cannabis Qld (Party))[3] is a political party based in Queensland, Australia. LCQ has a number of policies that centre around the personal, medical and industrial uses of cannabis.[2]

The party was formed in 2020, and ran 23 candidates[4] in the Queensland state election in that year.[5] They received 0.91% of the total first preference votes statwide,[6] gaining over 5% of the vote in some areas and 3 – 4% in others,[7] Ian Zunker received the party's biggest share of first preference votes in the state, with 5.51% in the electorate of Bundaberg.[8]

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. [9] The party met the membership requirements for registration within a fortnight and on the 1st of July 2020 they submitted registration paperwork to the Australian Electoral Commission to run candidates at the October Queensland state election,[10] the party was officially approved on the 11th of September 2020.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Registers". Queensland Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "New political party's plan to legalise cannabis". Queensland Times. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Registers". Queensland Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "2020 Queensland State Election Candidates". Candidates. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Pot-smoking granny heads up Legalise Cannabis Qld party". Courier Mail. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 Queensland State Election Results". Queensland Electoral Commission.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Cornell, Karie (2020-11-19). "Newly formed pro-cannabis party launching in WA". Pondering Pot. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  8. ^ "Bundaberg vote count in Queensland election sees LNP's David Batt leading Labor's Tom Smith". ABC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "History". Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Hemp Embassy Headlines". Hemp Embassy.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Cannabis is the wild card at the Queensland Election". Independent Australia. 30 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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