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He co-founded the Daylight Saving Party with his twin brother Brett Tucker in 2016,<ref name="founded">{{cite news|date=16 February 2017|title=South West candidate to push for daylight savings|newspaper=Bunbury Mail|url=http://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/4472585/its-time-for-daylight-savings-upper-house-candidate/|url-status=live|access-date=12 April 2021|archive-date=20 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220021200/http://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/4472585/its-time-for-daylight-savings-upper-house-candidate/}}</ref> and was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[Electoral region of South Metropolitan|South Metropolitan region]] in the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 state election]], winning 0.79% of the vote. Tucker's 2021 victory was characterised as "one of the most unlikely victories in Australian political history", especially given the Mining and Pastoral region had one of the highest rates of opposition to daylight saving in previous state referendums on the issue.<ref name=":1">{{Cite radio|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/perth/programs/mornings/wilson-tucker/13290426|title="Democracy in action": meet new Daylight Saving MP Wilson Tucker, elected from just 98 primary votes|date=2021-04-06|last=Mitsopoulos|first=Nadia|type=radio|language=en-AU|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=2021-04-12}}</ref> |
He co-founded the Daylight Saving Party with his twin brother Brett Tucker in 2016,<ref name="founded">{{cite news|date=16 February 2017|title=South West candidate to push for daylight savings|newspaper=Bunbury Mail|url=http://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/4472585/its-time-for-daylight-savings-upper-house-candidate/|url-status=live|access-date=12 April 2021|archive-date=20 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220021200/http://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/4472585/its-time-for-daylight-savings-upper-house-candidate/}}</ref> and was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[Electoral region of South Metropolitan|South Metropolitan region]] in the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 state election]], winning 0.79% of the vote. Tucker's 2021 victory was characterised as "one of the most unlikely victories in Australian political history", especially given the Mining and Pastoral region had one of the highest rates of opposition to daylight saving in previous state referendums on the issue.<ref name=":1">{{Cite radio|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/perth/programs/mornings/wilson-tucker/13290426|title="Democracy in action": meet new Daylight Saving MP Wilson Tucker, elected from just 98 primary votes|date=2021-04-06|last=Mitsopoulos|first=Nadia|type=radio|language=en-AU|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=2021-04-12}}</ref> |
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Tucker's 0.18% of the primary vote fell far short of the quota requirement |
Tucker's 0.18% of the primary vote fell far short of the quota requirement; he reached the required quota of 6,603 with preferences from other [[Microparty|microparties]] organised by [[Glenn Druery]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2021|title=Mining and Pastoral Region Results|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa/2021/guide/results-mpas/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401110441/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa/2021/guide/results-mpas/|archive-date=1 April 2021|access-date=8 April 2021|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC News]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> [[Liberals for Climate]], [[Sustainable Australia]], [[Western Australia Party]], [[Great Australian Party]], [[Health Australia Party]], [[Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)|Liberal Democrats]] and some independents preferenced the Daylight Saving Party second on their [[group voting ticket]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gubana|first=Benjamin|last2=Hamlyn|first2=Charlotte|date=2021-04-01|title=Legalise Cannabis and Daylight Saving parties elected to WA's Upper House on fraction of primary vote|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-01/legalise-cannabis-wa-daylight-saving-parties-legislative-council/100045910|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406115048/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-01/legalise-cannabis-wa-daylight-saving-parties-legislative-council/100045910|archive-date=6 April 2021|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC News]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|language=en-AU}}</ref> His election, along with the election of [[Sophia Moermond]] and [[Brian Walker (politician)|Brian Walker]] – two [[Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party|Legalise Cannabis WA]] candidates in the [[electoral region of South West]] and [[electoral region of East Metropolitan|East Metropolitan]] with 2.21% and 2.63% of the primary vote, respectively – attracted criticism of the [[Group voting ticket|group ticket voting]] system.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kruijff|first=Peter de|date=2021-04-01|title=Cannabis and sunshine as minor parties win WA election lottery|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/cannabis-and-sunshine-as-minor-parties-win-wa-election-lottery-20210401-p57g19.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401100918/https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/cannabis-and-sunshine-as-minor-parties-win-wa-election-lottery-20210401-p57g19.html|archive-date=1 April 2021|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[WAtoday]]|publisher=[[Nine Entertainment Co.]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=Wahlquist|first=Calla|date=2021-04-07|title=WA candidate elected to parliament with less than 100 votes prompts calls for electoral reform|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/07/wa-candidate-elected-to-parliament-with-less-than-100-votes-prompts-calls-for-electoral-reform|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=[[Guardian Australia]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|language=en-AU|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419184014/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/07/wa-candidate-elected-to-parliament-with-less-than-100-votes-prompts-calls-for-electoral-reform}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] election analyst [[Antony Green]] tweeted "Elected as a Daylight Saving Party MLC from Mining and Pastoral Region, despite polling only 98 votes, and he doesn't actually currently live in the state. You couldn't get a better case of what's wrong with group voting tickets."<ref name=":0" /> Tucker argued that his election was won in a system that "was nothing new" and had been used by the incumbent [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]] government to their own advantage.<ref name=":1" /> |
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Tucker's election raised further controversy when it was revealed he had been working as a software engineering manager in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States for several years at the time of his election. The only requirements to be elected in the Western Australian Legislative Council are that the candidate is at least 18, an Australian citizen, not subject to legal incapacity, an elector entitled to vote in a district and has lived in Western Australia for at least 1 year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Perpitch|first=Nicolas|last2=Al Jrood|first2=Tabarak|date=2021-04-02|title=New WA daylight saving MP Wilson Tucker reveals he is living in the US|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-02/new-wa-mp-daylight-saving-party-leader-wilson-tucker-lives-in-us/100046668|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402053422/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-02/new-wa-mp-daylight-saving-party-leader-wilson-tucker-lives-in-us/100046668|archive-date=2 April 2021|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC News]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|language=en-AU}}</ref> Tucker said he would return to WA to claim the seat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spagnolo|first=Joe|date=2021-04-03|title=‘Daylight savings’ MP to fly home, sit in WA Parliament|url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-election-2021/us-based-daylight-savings-mp-wilson-tucker-to-fly-home-to-wa-to-sit-in-parliament-ng-b881837872z|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403224456/https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-election-2021/us-based-daylight-savings-mp-wilson-tucker-to-fly-home-to-wa-to-sit-in-parliament-ng-b881837872z|archive-date=3 April 2021|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[The West Australian]]|publisher=[[Seven West Media]]|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite radio|url=https://www.6pr.com.au/daylight-savings-mp-to-leave-high-paying-us-job-to-sit-in-wa-parliament/|title="Daylight Savings MP to leave ‘high-paying’ US job to sit in WA parliament|date=2021-04-06|last=Bartlett|first=Liam|type=radio|language=en-AU|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=2021-04-12}}</ref> |
Tucker's election raised further controversy when it was revealed he had been working as a software engineering manager in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States for several years at the time of his election. The only requirements to be elected in the Western Australian Legislative Council are that the candidate is at least 18, an Australian citizen, not subject to legal incapacity, an elector entitled to vote in a district and has lived in Western Australia for at least 1 year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Perpitch|first=Nicolas|last2=Al Jrood|first2=Tabarak|date=2021-04-02|title=New WA daylight saving MP Wilson Tucker reveals he is living in the US|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-02/new-wa-mp-daylight-saving-party-leader-wilson-tucker-lives-in-us/100046668|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402053422/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-02/new-wa-mp-daylight-saving-party-leader-wilson-tucker-lives-in-us/100046668|archive-date=2 April 2021|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC News]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|language=en-AU}}</ref> Tucker said he would return to WA to claim the seat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spagnolo|first=Joe|date=2021-04-03|title=‘Daylight savings’ MP to fly home, sit in WA Parliament|url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-election-2021/us-based-daylight-savings-mp-wilson-tucker-to-fly-home-to-wa-to-sit-in-parliament-ng-b881837872z|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403224456/https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-election-2021/us-based-daylight-savings-mp-wilson-tucker-to-fly-home-to-wa-to-sit-in-parliament-ng-b881837872z|archive-date=3 April 2021|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[The West Australian]]|publisher=[[Seven West Media]]|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite radio|url=https://www.6pr.com.au/daylight-savings-mp-to-leave-high-paying-us-job-to-sit-in-wa-parliament/|title="Daylight Savings MP to leave ‘high-paying’ US job to sit in WA parliament|date=2021-04-06|last=Bartlett|first=Liam|type=radio|language=en-AU|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=2021-04-12}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:29, 28 April 2021
Wilson Tucker | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Wilson Robert Tucker Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia[1] |
| Political party | Daylight Saving Party (2016–present) |
| Relations | Brett Tucker (brother)[2] |
| Profession | Software engineering |
Wilson Robert Tucker is an Australian politician serving in the Western Australian Legislative Council for the Mining and Pastoral region. He was elected at the 2021 Western Australian state election for the Daylight Saving Party, with 98 primary votes, or 0.18% of the vote.
He co-founded the Daylight Saving Party with his twin brother Brett Tucker in 2016,[2] and was an unsuccessful candidate for the South Metropolitan region in the 2017 state election, winning 0.79% of the vote. Tucker's 2021 victory was characterised as "one of the most unlikely victories in Australian political history", especially given the Mining and Pastoral region had one of the highest rates of opposition to daylight saving in previous state referendums on the issue.[1]
Tucker's 0.18% of the primary vote fell far short of the quota requirement; he reached the required quota of 6,603 with preferences from other microparties organised by Glenn Druery.[3] Liberals for Climate, Sustainable Australia, Western Australia Party, Great Australian Party, Health Australia Party, Liberal Democrats and some independents preferenced the Daylight Saving Party second on their group voting tickets.[4] His election, along with the election of Sophia Moermond and Brian Walker – two Legalise Cannabis WA candidates in the electoral region of South West and East Metropolitan with 2.21% and 2.63% of the primary vote, respectively – attracted criticism of the group ticket voting system.[5][6][7] ABC election analyst Antony Green tweeted "Elected as a Daylight Saving Party MLC from Mining and Pastoral Region, despite polling only 98 votes, and he doesn't actually currently live in the state. You couldn't get a better case of what's wrong with group voting tickets."[7] Tucker argued that his election was won in a system that "was nothing new" and had been used by the incumbent Labor government to their own advantage.[1]
Tucker's election raised further controversy when it was revealed he had been working as a software engineering manager in Seattle, Washington, United States for several years at the time of his election. The only requirements to be elected in the Western Australian Legislative Council are that the candidate is at least 18, an Australian citizen, not subject to legal incapacity, an elector entitled to vote in a district and has lived in Western Australia for at least 1 year.[7] Tucker said he would return to WA to claim the seat.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b c Mitsopoulos, Nadia (6 April 2021). "Democracy in action": meet new Daylight Saving MP Wilson Tucker, elected from just 98 primary votes (radio). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "South West candidate to push for daylight savings". Bunbury Mail. 16 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Mining and Pastoral Region Results". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2021. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Gubana, Benjamin; Hamlyn, Charlotte (1 April 2021). "Legalise Cannabis and Daylight Saving parties elected to WA's Upper House on fraction of primary vote". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Kruijff, Peter de (1 April 2021). "Cannabis and sunshine as minor parties win WA election lottery". WAtoday. Nine Entertainment Co. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Wahlquist, Calla (7 April 2021). "WA candidate elected to parliament with less than 100 votes prompts calls for electoral reform". Guardian Australia. Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Perpitch, Nicolas; Al Jrood, Tabarak (2 April 2021). "New WA daylight saving MP Wilson Tucker reveals he is living in the US". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Spagnolo, Joe (3 April 2021). "'Daylight savings' MP to fly home, sit in WA Parliament". The West Australian. Seven West Media. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Bartlett, Liam (6 April 2021). "Daylight Savings MP to leave ‘high-paying’ US job to sit in WA parliament (radio). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 April 2021.