Australian Reform Party
Australian Reform Party Australian Reform Society Inc. | |
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| Abbreviation |
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| Founders | Ted Drane |
| Founded | 25 May 1996 |
| Registered | 27 June 1997 |
| Dissolved | Early 2019 |
| Headquarters | 6 Kent Road Narre Warren, Victoria |
| Membership | 6,000 |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Slogan | "Accountable Representation for the People" |
| House of Representatives | 1 / 148 (1996) |
| Website | |
| reform.org.au | |
The Australian Reform Party (ARP) was an Australian political party founded in 1996 and based in Victoria, focusing on gun rights following the Port Arthur massacre. It was registered in 1997 with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), and was also registered at the state level in Victoria and Western Australia.
Federal MP Graeme Campbell was briefly a member of the party after it merged with his newly-formed Australia First Party and became known as the Australia First Reform Party (AFRP), but the parties split after around one week.
The party was deregistered by the AEC in 2002, but remained active online with a website that was updated until early 2019.