Advance SA
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Advance SA
| logo = File:Advance SA logo.png
| logo_size = 250px
| colorcode = #10294F
| leader = John Darley
| foundation = {{Start date and age|15 September 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/upper-house-member-john-darley-announces-creation-of-new-party-advance-sa/news-story/6dce245d6e96108e4b04fcc3c777638e |title=Upper House member John Darley announces creation of new party Advance SA |first=Lauren |last=Novak |newspaper=The Advertiser |publisher=News Limited |date=15 September 2017 |access-date=9 November 2017}}
| dissolved = {{Start date and age|25 August 2022}}
| split = Nick Xenophon Team
| position = Centre
| seats3_title = SA Legislative Council
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|22|hex=#10294F}}
| colors = {{Colorbox|#10294F|border=silver}}
| website = https://www.johndarley.com.au/
| country = Australia
}}
Advance SA was a political party in South Australia. It was founded in 2017 by John Darley. Darley had been elected to the Legislative Council of South Australia as a member of the Nick Xenophon Group, named as Nick Xenophon Team from 2015. Darley quit that party early in 2017 and founded the Advance SA party later in 2017. It was registered as a party with the Electoral Commission of South Australia on 7 November 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/parties-and-candidates/how-to-register-a-political-party/political-party-register |title=Register of political parties |publisher=Electoral Commission of South Australia |access-date=9 November 2017}}
Darley was elected to an eight-year term at the 2014 state election, so was not due for reelection in the 2018 state election. The upper house candidates in 2018 were Peter Humphries and Jenny Low{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/sa-election-2018-former-nick-xenophon-team-senator-john-darley-launches-the-advance-sa-party/news-story/4ed92b14a521ff23c081fc6457e32f1b |title=SA Election 2018: Advance SA candidate Jenny Low claims former partner Nick Xenophon was 'manipulative and controlling' |first1=Paul |last1=Purcell |first2=Adam |last2=Langenberg|newspaper=The Advertiser |publisher=News Limited |access-date=9 November 2017}} where the party won 0.4% (4,190) of the state primary vote, which was not enough to gain an additional seat in the Legislative Council. Darley failed to be re-elected in the 2022 state election.
Advance SA was deregistered on 25 August 2022.{{cite web |title=Advance SA de-registered |url=https://ecsa.sa.gov.au/news/advance-sa-de-registered |publisher=Electoral Commission SA |access-date=18 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005111557/https://ecsa.sa.gov.au/news/advance-sa-de-registered |archive-date=5 October 2022 |date=26 August 2022}}
Electoral results
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colspan=7|Legislative Council |
Election year
! # of ! % of ! # of ! # of ! +/– ! Position |
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2018
| 4,227 | 0.40 (#11) | {{Composition bar|0|11|hex=#10294F}} | {{Composition bar|1|22|hex=#10294F}} | {{steady}} | {{no2|Crossbench}} |
2022
| 3,623 | 0.33 (#14) | {{Composition bar|0|11|hex=#10294F}} | {{Composition bar|0|22|hex=#10294F}} | {{down}} 1 | No seat |
References
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Category:Political parties in Australia
Category:Political parties established in 2017
Category:2017 establishments in Australia
Category:Political parties disestablished in 2022
Category:2022 disestablishments in Australia
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