One Nation – New South Wales, also known as Pauline Hanson's One Nation – New South Wales or simply One Nation NSW, is the New South Wales branch of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
Background and history
1990s
Capitalising off the success of the Queensland division of the party at the 1998 Queensland state election, One Nation New South Wales contested the 1999 New South Wales state election under the leadership of David Oldfield, Oldfield had previously served as the parties lead senate candidate at the 1998 Australian federal election in the state of New South Wales, but fell short of being elected. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council that year as the parties sole MP, with his deputy Brian Burston just missing out on securing a second seat for the party.
In 2000, Oldfield was expelled from One Nation by Pauline Hanson, his expulsion led to the division of the NSW branch of the party into two camps, those who supported Oldfield, and those who supported Hanson and the federal party. Oldfield took advantage of the electoral laws of New South Wales, and registered a splinter party called One Nation NSW, which claimed to be the legitimate One Nation body in the state, much to the annoyance of Hanson.
2017-present
Since the demise of Oldfields One Nation NSW, as well as the party's collapse at the federal level, the party had little presence in New South Wales and received minimal attention, however the resurgence of One Nation at the 2016 Australian federal election provided an opportunity for the parties return to state politics, in 2017, NSW One Nation published its party constitution.[2]
For the 2023 state election, the party announced it would contest in more electorates.[4] Outgoing MP for BankstownTania Mihailuk joined One Nation and contested the Legislative Council.[5] Mark Latham also successfully contested the Legislative Council, having resigned from his seat creating a casual vacancy to run for another term.[6] The vacancy was filled by former Legislative Assembly member Tania Mihailuk.[7][8]
MLC Rod Roberts was elected as Deputy President of the Legislative Council during the 58th Parliament of New South Wales, he had previously served as Assistant President.[9]
Latham was removed as leader by the national party executive on 14 August 2023.[10] Roberts supported Latham against Hanson in the ensuing dispute, claiming that Hanson's decision to appoint perennial candidate Steve Mav as NSW party treasurer was misguided.[11] On 22 August 2023, Mark Latham left the party to become an independent, he was joined by his colleague Rod Roberts.[12]
The departure of Latham and Roberts left Mihailuk as the sole One Nation MLC, she would later become state leader on 10 December 2023.[13]
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