1944 Queensland state election to contest the 1943 federal election, whilst William Deacon had died. One of the former United Australia Party members, Louis Luckins (Maree), did not join the QPP originally and retained his seat in 1944 as an independent. Apart from the above, numerous independent candidates contested with a range of banners, including Democrat, Christian Socialist, Servicemen's Association, People's Party and Independent Country Party, none of them achieving more than a few hundred votes. Fred Paterson was elected in Bowen, the only member of the Communist Party of Australia to be elected to an Australian parliament. The election saw a swing away
Lider (political party) Lider (political party) Bulgarian Democratic Center ( - an acronym that is pronounced "Bulgarian Democratic Center"), formerly ("Lider" - "Liberal Initiative for Democratic European Development") is a Bulgarian political party registered in 2007. Lider participated in the 2009 European Parliament election together with the center-right political party Novoto Vreme and gathered 5.7% of the vote, which was just under the electoral quota. Lider participated in the 2009 parliamentary election outside of any right-wing coalition, winning only 3.3% of the votes and therefore failing to secure parliamentary representation. Lider did not nominate a candidate for the 2011 presidential election. In the