The Community Action Party

Summary

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.

The Community Action Party
Founded13 June 2008
HeadquartersCanberra
Website
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 edit

  1. ^ "Register of political parties". ACT Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Candidates A-Z (2008)". ABC Elections. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Letters / Sign up and support independents". Canberra CityNews. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

External links edit

  • The Community Alliance Party website