Vote 1 Local Jobs

{{Short description|Former political party in Victoria, Australia}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Vote 1 Local Jobs

| logo = Vote_1_Local_Jobs_cropped.png

| logo_size = 200px

| colorcode = {{Australian politics/party colours|vote 1 local jobs}}

| founders =

| leader1_title = Secretary

| leader1_name = James Purcell

| leader2_title =

| leader2_name =

| foundation = {{Start date and age|November 2014}}

| registered = {{Start date and age|3 November 2014}}

| dissolved = {{Start date and age|30 July 2019}}

| headquarters = 32 Bank Street, Port Fairy, Victoria, 3284

| ideology = Regionalism

| slogan = "Working for Western Victoria"

| website = [http://www.vote1localjobs.com.au/ vote1localjobs.com.au]

| seats1_title = Victorian Legislative Council

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|40|hex=#2F00FF}}(2014–2018)

| seats2_title = Moyne Shire Council

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|7|hex=#2F00FF}}(2014)

| country = Victoria

| country2 = Australia

}}

Vote 1 Local Jobs was a minor political party in the state of Victoria, Australia.{{cite web |last1=Tibballs |first1=Scott |title=Mr Purcell goes to Spring Street: a man on a (jobs) mission |url=https://www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/mr-purcell-goes-spring-street-man-jobs-mission |publisher=The Citizen |access-date=15 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241022044537/https://www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/mr-purcell-goes-spring-street-man-jobs-mission |archive-date=22 October 2024 |date=28 May 2015}} It was registered as a political party by the Victorian Electoral Commission on 3 November 2014, in time for the 2014 state election.{{cite news|title=Registration of Vote 1 Local Jobs|url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/media/20141103-V1LocalJobsRegistration.html|access-date=19 November 2014|publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission|date=3 November 2014}}

Policies and philosophy

The Vote 1 Local Jobs party is mainly concerned with employment issues in Victoria's Western District.{{cite news |last1=Sinnott |first1=Alex |title=Upper house chance for Vote 1 Local Jobs party |url=http://www.standard.net.au/story/2703318/upper-house-chance-for-vote1-local-jobs-party/?cs=12|access-date=19 November 2014|date=18 November 2014|work=The Standard}}

The party's key policies at the 2014 election included:[http://www.vote1localjobs.com.au/our-policies/ Party policies]

Opposition to foreign ownership/investment of agricultural land
Legislating against the 'dumping' of foreign products in Australia
Decentralising government services from major cities to make services easier to access by people in country areas
Cutting the $50 million the government spends on the Grand Prix and injecting these funds into Western Victoria’s roads
Creating government incentives to encourage job creation in Western Victoria
Support of jumps racing
Support of camping and fishing in public reserves.

In 2015 the party voted in favour of an exemption for religious institutions to deny same-sex couples access to adoption.{{Cite news|url = http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/conservatives-force-religious-exemptions-into-samesex-adoption-laws-20151112-gkxz46.html|title = Conservatives force religious exemptions into same-sex adoption laws|last = Gordon|first = Josh|date = 13 November 2015|access-date = 25 November 2015|publisher = The Age}}

History

The Vote 1 Local Jobs party was formed in November 2014 by James Purcell, former councillor and mayor of the Shire of Moyne. The party was registered by the Victorian Electoral Commission on 3 November 2014, in time for the 2014 Victorian state election, held later that month.

At the 2014 Victorian election, two candidates stood for the party for the Victorian Legislative Council. Purcell stood in the Western Victoria Region and received 5,501 first preference votes (1.26% of the region),{{cite web |url=http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/State2014/WesternVictoriaRegion.html |title=State 2014 Results Western Victoria Region}} and after the distribution of preferences was the last of the five members elected for the region, and sat as a crossbencher for a four-year term. In the Northern Metropolitan Region{{cite news|last1=Moss|first1=Dan|title=Shifting alliances and bitter distrust as Vic preference deals go down to the wire |url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/11/14/shifting-alliances-and-bitter-distrust-as-vic-preference-deals-go-down-to-the-wire/|access-date=19 November 2014|work=Crikey|date=14 November 2014}} the candidate was unsuccessful.

At the 2018 Victorian state election, the party lost its sole member in the Legislative Council. While Nathan Purcell and Aaron Purcell unsuccessful stood in the Northern Metropolitan Region for the party, James Purcell contested the Legislative Assembly seat of South-West Coast as an independent, receiving 16.47% of the vote, and was also unsuccessful.{{cite web | url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/State2018/NorthernMetropolitanRegion.html | title=2018 State election results }} The party was deregistered on 30 July 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/media/20190730-DeRegistrationOfVote1LocalJobs.html|date=30 July 2019|work=Victorian Electoral Commission|title=De-registration of Vote 1 Local Jobs}}

Electoral results

class=wikitable
colspan=7\|Victorian Legislative Council
Election year ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall seats won ! # of overall seats ! +/– ! Notes
2014 \| 7,108 \| 0.21 (#19) \| {{Composition bar\|1\|40\|hex=#0000CD}} \| {{Composition bar\|1\|40\|hex=#0000CD}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| Shared balance of power
2018 \| 5,338 \| 0.15 (#20) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|40\|hex=#0000CD}} \| {{Composition bar\|0\|40\|hex=#0000CD}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| style="background:lightgrey;"\|

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colspan=7|Victorian Legislative Council

Election year

! # of
overall votes

! % of
overall vote

! # of
overall seats won

! # of
overall seats

! +/–

! Notes

2014

| 7,108

| 0.21 (#19)