Minor Party Alliance

Minor Party Alliance
Abbreviation
  • MPA
  • Alliance
FounderGlenn Druery
Founded2011 (2011)
Victorian Legislative Council
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The Minor Party Alliance (MPA), also known simply as the Alliance, is an alliance of small Australian political parties, currently active in Victorian state politics. It was created by Glenn Druery's "Independent Liaison" business, which assists in organising preference meetings and negotiating preference flows between minor parties (also referred to as micro-parties).

The aim of the MPA is the election of its candidates to Australian upper houses, based upon the accumulation of their primary votes and the registered "above-the-line" (or "group voting ticket") party preferences to reach an electoral quota. The MPA effectively aims to "game" the electoral system, an act it believes to be justified, based upon their perception that the Australian electoral system is unfair and heavily biased against minor parties.

Since 2016, group voting tickets are no longer used in Senate elections. As of 2025, the Victorian Legislative Council is the only state parliamentary chamber that uses the system, and two parties with seats in the Legislative Council are members of the Alliance.