Legalise_Cannabis_Queensland
Legalise Cannabis Queensland
Political party in Queensland, Australia
Legalise Cannabis Queensland, registered with the Electoral Commission Queensland as Legalise Cannabis Qld (Party),[1] is a one issue political party based in Queensland, Australia. LCQ has a number of policies that centre around the personal, medical and industrial uses of cannabis.[2]
The party was formed in 2020, and ran 23 candidates[3] in the Queensland state election in that year.[4] They received over 26,000 votes and 0.91% of the total first preference votes statwide,[5] gaining over 5% of the vote in some areas and 3 – 4% in others,[6] Ian Zunker received the party's biggest share of first preference votes in the state, with 5.51% in the electorate of Bundaberg.[7] The party finished as the sixth largest party by number of votes out of the twelve parties that contested the election.