Legalise Cannabis Queensland

{{Short description|Political party in Queensland, Australia}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party

| logo = Legalise Cannabis Queensland logo.png

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| abbreviation = LCQ

| colorcode = #167A42

| leader =

| president = Melody Lindsay

| chairperson =

| general_secretary =

| first_secretary =

| secretary_general =

| presidium =

| standing_committee =

| secretary = Suzette Luyken

| spokesperson =

| founder =

| founded = {{start date|2020|9|01|df=yes}}

| headquarters = Nambour Qld

| ideology = {{Nowrap|Legalisation of cannabis}}

| national = {{Nowrap|Legalise Cannabis Australia}}

| website = https://lcqparty.org/

| country = Australia

| seats1_title = {{nowrap|Queensland Parliament}}

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|93|}}

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Legalise Cannabis Queensland, registered with the Electoral Commission Queensland as Legalise Cannabis Queensland (Party),{{Cite web|title=Registers|url=https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/donations-and-gift-disclosure/registers|access-date=11 October 2020|publisher=Queensland Electoral Commission}} 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.{{cite news |title=New political party's plan to legalise cannabis |url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/new-political-partys-plan-to-legalise-cannabis/4040037/ |accessdate=4 October 2020 |work=Queensland Times |date=19 June 2020|url-access=subscription}}

The party was formed in 2020, and ran 23 candidates{{cite news|title=2020 Queensland State Election Candidates|work=Candidates|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|url=https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/Events/VoteCardsView?EventID=597&EventType=1|accessdate=11 October 2020}} in the Queensland state election in that year.{{cite news |title=Pot-smoking granny heads up Legalise Cannabis Qld party |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/logan/potsmoking-granny-heads-up-legalise-cannabis-qld-party/news-story/48da0382a82dc666dff07987fd56e493 |accessdate=4 October 2020 |work=Courier Mail |date=1 July 2020|url-access=subscription}} They received over 26,000 votes and 0.91% of the total first preference votes statwide,{{Cite web|title=2020 Queensland State Election Results|url=https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/state2020|website=Queensland Electoral Commission|date=July 2019}} gaining over 5% of the vote in some areas and 3 to 4% in others,{{Cite web|last=Cornell|first=Karie|date=2020-11-19|title=Newly formed pro-cannabis party launching in WA|url=https://www.ponderingpot.com.au/wa/newly-formed-pro-cannabis-party-launching-in-wa/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Pondering Pot|language=en-AU}} Ian Zunker received the party's biggest share of first preference votes in the state, with 5.51% in the electorate of Bundaberg.{{Cite news|title=Bundaberg vote count in Queensland election sees LNP's David Batt leading Labor's Tom Smith|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-06/queensland-election--bundaberg-david-batt-tom-smith/12852906|newspaper=ABC News|date=6 November 2020}} The party finished as the sixth largest party by number of votes out of the twelve parties that contested the election.