Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party | |
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Leader | Tosh-Jake Finnigan |
Founder | Tosh-Jake Finnigan |
Founded | 18 August 2022 |
Registered | 28 October 2022 |
Dissolved | 22 December 2023 |
Ideology | Anti-corruption |
Colac Otway Shire Council | 1 / 7 (2023)
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Website | |
viclabor.org | |
The Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party (RDSD), also known as Sack Dan Andrews Restore Democracy, was an Australian political party founded in 2022 by Tosh-Jake Finnigan, an openly transgender whistleblower, over the Labor Party's so-called 'red shirts rorts' scandal.[1] The party was formed in opposition to then-Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.[2][3]
Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews was registered by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) as a political party on 28 October 2022, after applying for registration on 18 August 2022.[4]
On 16 November 2022, Australian Values Party leader Heston Russell leaked a video to the Herald Sun of him to talking to Glenn Druery about a potential preference deal.[5] In the video, Druery claims that he controls a number of minor parties and that Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews is "one of mine".[6] Finnigan denied the allegations and said Druery had "fuck all involvement" in setting up the party.[7]
At the 2022 Victorian state election, RDSD received 0.83% of the statewide legislative council vote. Finnigan ran in the Western Victoria Region and was unsuccessful at getting elected.
In January 2023, Finnigan was elected via a countback to the Colac Otway Shire Council.[8]
The party was deregistered in December 2023, three months after Andrews resigned as premier, after it "failed to provide up to date information and documents" to the VEC.[9]
The lead candidate of the Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party slapped down claims by Mr Druery he set up the party and that it was a sham to harvest preferences.
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