Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party | |
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| Abbreviation | LCQ |
| President | Melody Lindsay |
| Secretary | Suzette Luyken |
| Founded | 1 September 2020 |
| Headquarters | Nambour Qld |
| Ideology | Legalisation of cannabis |
| National affiliation | Legalise Cannabis Australia |
| Queensland Parliament | 0 / 93 |
| Website | |
| https://lcqparty.org/ | |
Legalise Cannabis Queensland, registered with the Electoral Commission Queensland as Legalise Cannabis Queensland (Party),[1] is a single-issue political party based in Queensland, Australia. The party has a number of policies that centre around the adult legalisation and regulation of cannabis for personal, medical and industrial uses.[2]
The party was formed in 2020, and ran 23 candidates[3] in the Queensland state election in that year.[4] They received over 26,000 votes and 0.91% of the total first preference votes statwide,[5] gaining over 5% of the vote in some areas and 3 to 4% in others,[6] Ian Zunker received the party's biggest share of first preference votes in the state, with 5.51% in the electorate of Bundaberg.[7] The party finished as the sixth largest party by number of votes out of the twelve parties that contested the election.
- ^ "Registers". Queensland Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "New political party's plan to legalise cannabis". Queensland Times. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "2020 Queensland State Election Candidates". Candidates. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Pot-smoking granny heads up Legalise Cannabis Qld party". Courier Mail. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "2020 Queensland State Election Results". Queensland Electoral Commission. July 2019.
- ^ Cornell, Karie (19 November 2020). "Newly formed pro-cannabis party launching in WA". Pondering Pot. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Bundaberg vote count in Queensland election sees LNP's David Batt leading Labor's Tom Smith". ABC News. 6 November 2020.