{{Use Australian English|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox political party | name = Fluoride Free WA Party | party_logo = | party_wikicolourid = | leader = | deputy = | president = | convenor = | foundation = January 2017<ref name="Aug2017"/> | disbanded = | merged = Health Australia Party | predecessor = | successor = | headquarters = Perth, Western Australia | ideology = Oppose mandatory water fluoridation | position = | international = | country = Australia | website = {{url|http://fluoridefreeparty.org/}} }} '''Fluoride Free WA Party''' was a political party registered for elections in Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/candidates-and-parties/registered-political-parties-wa |title=Registered Political Parties in WA |publisher=Western Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> Its main policy is to end mandatory water fluoridation in Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fluoridefreewa.org/ |title=Fluoride Free WA - Drink water not waste |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> The party is a distinct legal entity from an advocacy organisation named Fluoride Free WA Inc,<ref name="Aug2018"/> however, the party was formed by the advocacy group to increase media interest.<ref name="Aug2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.fluoridefreewa.org/newsletters/ffwa-newsletter-aug17/ |title=FFWA Newsletter Aug17 |publisher=Fluoride Free WA |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> The party merged into the Health Australia Party in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Updating the Parties Registered to Contest the 2021 Western Australian Election – Antony Green's Election Blog |url=https://antonygreen.com.au/updating-the-parties-registered-to-contest-the-2021-western-australian-election/ |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Fluoride Free WA Party fielded two candidates in each of the six regions for the Legislative Council in the 2017 Western Australian election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/elections/state/sgelection#/sg2017/LCCandidateRegion |title=Legislative Council - Candidates by Region and Party |work=2017 State General Election |publisher=Western Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> It subsequently also ran John Watt (a vice-president and the treasurer of Fluoride Free WA Inc) as a candidate in the Darling Range by-election in 2018.<ref name="Aug2018">{{cite web |title=Newsletter |url=https://www.fluoridefreewa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/FFWA-Newsletter-Aug-2018.pdf |publisher=Fluoride Free WA Inc. |access-date=15 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228110557/https://www.fluoridefreewa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/FFWA-Newsletter-Aug-2018.pdf |archive-date=28 February 2023 |date=August 2018}}</ref>
Voting for the legislative council uses group voting tickets. Fluoride Free WA Party has participated with four other parties in a set of preference deals orchestrated by Glenn Druery. The other parties are Family First, Liberal Democrats, Flux the System and the Daylight Saving Party. The deals are arranged so that the ticket votes for these five parties roll up to a different party in each region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-15/micro-parties-stitch-up-preference-deal-targeting-five-seats/8274278 |work=ABC News |title=WA election: Micro party preference deal could take five seats in Upper House |first=Laura |last=Gartry |date=15 February 2017 |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref>
==See also== * Health Australia Party * Informed Medical Options Party
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