# Fluoride Free WA

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{{Infobox political party
| name = Fluoride Free WA Party
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| foundation = January 2017<ref name="Aug2017"/>
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| merged = [Health Australia Party](/source/Health_Australia_Party)
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| headquarters = Perth, Western Australia
| ideology = Oppose mandatory water fluoridation
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| country = Australia
| website = {{url|http://fluoridefreeparty.org/}}
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'''Fluoride Free WA Party''' was a [political party](/source/political_party) registered for elections in [Western Australia](/source/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](/source/Western_Australian_Electoral_Commission) |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> Its main policy is to end mandatory [water fluoridation](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council) in the [2017 Western Australian election](/source/2017_Western_Australian_state_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](/source/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](/source/2018_Darling_Range_state_by-election).<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 ticket](/source/group_voting_ticket)s. Fluoride Free WA Party has participated with four other parties in a set of preference deals orchestrated by [Glenn Druery](/source/Glenn_Druery). The other parties are [Family First](/source/Family_First_Party), [Liberal Democrats](/source/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Australia)), [Flux the System](/source/Flux_the_System) and the [Daylight Saving Party](/source/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](/source/ABC_News_(Australia)) |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](/source/Health_Australia_Party)
* [Informed Medical Options Party](/source/Informed_Medical_Options_Party)

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