Australian Defence Veterans Party
| Australian Defence Veterans Party | |
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| President | Ron Evans |
| Founded | 26 January 2014 |
| Legalised | 15 June 2015 |
| Ideology | Veterans interests |
| Colours | Scarlet |
| Website | |
| http://www.advp.org.au/ | |
| Politics of Australia Political parties Elections |
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The Australian Defence Veterans Party is a minor political party which formed in Australia in 2015 to advocate for military veterans.
In November 2014, Senator Jacqui Lambie—then a member of the Palmer United Party, and an advocate for defence veterans and personnel—liked the proposed party's Facebook page, triggering an increase in membership enquiries and speculation that Lambie could join the ADVP[1] (however she instead registered a separate party called the Jacqui Lambie Network on 14 May 2015).[2]
The party was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission on 15 June 2015.[3] In August 2015, the ADVP announced that former Army Officer Dr Greg Smith would be the party's first candidate for the Canning by-election.[4] The ADVP and Smith finished eighth out of twelve candidates with a 0.8% vote.[5]
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