Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party

Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party
Abbreviation
  • SRWT
  • SRWTP
  • Tomato Party[1]
LeaderEmile Brunoro
FounderEmile Brunoro
Founded10 January 1989; 35 years ago (10 January 1989)
Registered19 January 1989; 35 years ago (19 January 1989)
Dissolved23 December 1991; 32 years ago (23 December 1991)
Headquarters5 Phillip Avenue
Watson, Canberra[2]
IdeologyJoke

The Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (SRWT or SRWTP) was an Australian joke political party that contested the first election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 1989.[3]

The SRWTP was one of six parties formed by "provocateur" Emile Brunoro for the 1989 election − the others being Party! Party! Party!, the Surprise Party, Home Rule OK, A Better Idea and Sleepers Wake.[4][5][6] Brunoro planned to register a total of 17 parties (including one called the "Pre-Selection Party") and stand as a candidate for all of them, but was prevented by a $100 fee and the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) closing a loophole in the electoral rules.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY REGISTER OF POLITICAL PARTIES". The Canberra Times. 27 November 1991. p. 28. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ "AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY REGISTER OF POLITICAL PARTIES". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 11 January 1989. p. 1. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ Abraham, Matthew (30 January 2002). "Grin and bare your campaign soul". Hills Messenger. p. 10. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ^ Cumming, Fia (16 February 1989). "Preferences to Fair Elections". The Canberra Times. p. 7. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ^ "THE SUN RIPENED WARM TOMATO AND OTHER PARTIES". Woroni. 20 February 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  6. ^ Doherty, Megan (4 March 2019). "Thirty years since the 'Sun-Ripened Warm Tomato election'". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  7. ^ "WHICH PARTY?". Woroni. 20 February 1989. p. 26. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Independent seeks to 'stir things up'". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1990. p. 10. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  9. ^ Moore, Michael (27 February 2019). "The government we didn't want is here to stay". Canberra CityNews. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2024.