The Community Action Party
The Community Action Party (ACT), formerly The Community Alliance Party, is a minor political party based in the Australian Capital Territory. It was formally registered on 13 June 2008,[1] and states that it is the ACT's fourth oldest political party.
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| Founded | 13 June 2008 |
| Headquarters | Canberra |
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| http://www.cap.org.au | |
The party nominated nine candidates at the 2008 ACT election, including Val Jeffery who was later elected to the Legislative Assembly in a countback as a Liberal member in 2016.[2] CAP did not contest the 2012 election, but fielded two candidates at the 2016 election at which it received 0.2 percent of the territory-wide vote. The Community Alliance Party renamed to the Community Action Party in 2019.[3]
References
- "Register of political parties". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- "Candidates A-Z (2008)". ABC Elections. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- "Letters / Sign up and support independents". Canberra CityNews. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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