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Subscriber only The Electoral Commission of Queensland has moved to wind up former Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan s North Queensland First party. Mr Costigan founded the party after he was dumped from the LNP in 2019. An ECQ notice gave electors until Monday to outline why the party should not be deregistered. The cancellation of registration is being proposed as the ECQ is satisfied on reasonable grounds that North Queensland First is not a Queensland parliamentary party and does not have at least 500 members who are electors, it said. The party s NQ First website was still active as at Friday.
ECQ moves to wind up Costigan s failed NQ First party
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ECQ moves to wind up Costigan s failed NQ First party
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Subscriber only The federal election could be more than a year away, but already some familiar faces are getting the jump on the competition for the seat of Dawson. The Daily Mercury understands Shane Hamilton will likely throw his hat in the ring as Labor s candidate for Dawson after he failed to unseat Mirani MP Stephen Andrew at last year s state election. But Mr Hamilton did produce promising results as a first-time candidate in the state election race. He achieved more first preference votes than the incumbent with 32 per cent of the vote compared to 31.7 per cent. Mr Andrew came out well ahead after preferences were distributed, but suffered a 0.4 per cent swing, decreasing his margin to 4.2 per cent.