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Outdoor Recreation Party
The Outdoor Recreation Party (ORP) was a minor political party originating in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It professed to represent the outdoor community and interests such as cycling, bushwalking, camping, kayaking, 4WD motoring, skiing, fishing and shooting. It was formally allied with the Liberal Democratic Party. History In 1996 Glenn Druery was instrumental in the formation of the ORP in New South Wales, with Malcolm Jones as president. In 1997, ORP contested the Sutherland by-election, in which Druery received 780 primary votes or 2.13% of the total vote. At the 1999 NSW general election, Druery formulated a strategy by means of which preference votes could be harvested from a large number of small political parties. He negotiated for independent and selected minor-party candidates to adhere to his calculated preference-swapping arrangements. As a result, three minor party candidates were elected to the upper house with very low primary votes, including Malcolm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Leyonhjelm
David Ean Leyonhjelm ( "lion-helm"; born 1 April 1952) is an Australian former politician. He was a Senator for New South Wales, representing the Liberal Democratic Party from 2014 to 2019. Having been elected at the 2013 federal election, he took office on 1 July 2014, and was re-elected in the 2016 full Senate election. He resigned from the Senate in March 2019 to stand for the Legislative Council at the 2019 New South Wales state election, but failed to be elected. Before being elected to federal parliament, Leyonhjelm worked as a veterinarian and then as an agribusiness consultant. He also writes columns for several Australian publications, with a concentration on rural issues. Personal life and business career David Leyonhjelm was born in Nhill in the Wimmera, in western Victoria and was raised in Heywood, on the dairy farm of his parents Bryan and Jean Leyonhjelm.Sean McComish (8 October 2013)"Few people in Australia had heard of David Leyonhjelm"– ''The Warrnambool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |