Formed by a disendorsed Liberal Party candidate, Pauline Hanson, who was elected to federal parliament in 1996, One Nation rose to prominence in Queensland in the 1998 state election when it won 11 seats in parliament.
It followed this by winning a Queensland Senate seat in the 1998 federal election and polling 8.43% of the primary vote in the House of Representatives, making it the third largest party in terms of voter support at that time.
The party quickly went into decline amid internal bickering, lost its parliamentary representation in Queensland, and faced ongoing court battles over electoral funding. The party was routed in 2001, polling 4.35% of the primary vote, many of its supporters returning to the coalition parties.
Fifteen years later, in 2016, following a series of unsuccessful comeback attempts at state and federal elections, Hanson was elected to the Senate from Queensland. In the double dissolution election, she secured 9.14% of the primary vote and a Senate quota in her own right.
Hanson was joined by three other One Nation senators: Malcolm Roberts (Qld), Brian Burston (NSW) and Rodney Culleton (WA). Together, they hold a crucial balance of power position in the Senate. On any motion opposed by the ALP and the Greens, passage of any vote requires the support of at least two One Nation senators.
2016 Federal Elections
Origins
- Mar 01, 1998: Background Information on Pauline Hanson’s Election to Federal Parliament
- Sep 10, 1996: Pauline Hanson’s Maiden Speech to the House of Representatives
- Oct 20, 1996: Pauline Hanson’s “please explain” interview
I’m Back
- Sep 14, 2016: Senator Pauline Hanson’s Maiden Speech
Policies
Official Web Sites
Other
- Backdoor Man
- Nov 1997: ‘If You Are Seeing Me Now…’ – the recorded television statement to be shown in the event of Hanson’s murder
- If You Are Seeing Me Now… (6s)
- I Don’t Like It – Pauline Pantsdown
Archived Posts
- Jun 19, 2019: Fiona Patten Not Happy Malcolm Roberts Has Been Re-Elected
- Sep 04, 2017: Senate Refers Nash And Xenophon To High Court; Hinch And Gallagher Safe; Hanson Audit Motion Defeated
- Sep 04, 2017: Senate President Statement On Burqa Wearing
- Aug 17, 2017: Pauline Hanson’s Senate Burqa Stunt; Labor And Greens Give Brandis A Standing Ovation
- Aug 16, 2017: Sen. Peter Georgiou (One Nation-WA) – Maiden Speech
- May 10, 2017: Women In The 45th Australian Parliament
- Apr 01, 2017: Who’s Left – The Surviving Members Of Every House Of Representatives Since 1949
- Feb 07, 2017: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Feb 07, 2017: Senate President’s Statement On Culleton Disqualification
- Feb 03, 2017: Culleton Ineligible To Nominate For Senate, High Court Rules; Recount Likely To Elect Peter Georgiou
- Jan 11, 2017: Senator Rodney Culleton Disqualified; Senate President Declares Vacancy In WA; High Court To Decide How To Fill It
- Dec 18, 2016: Senator Rod Culleton Resigns From Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
- Sep 14, 2016: Sen. Pauline Hanson (One Nation-Qld) – Maiden Speech
- Sep 13, 2016: Sen. Malcolm Roberts (One Nation-Qld) Maiden Speech
- Aug 30, 2016: 45th Parliament Opens; Members And Senators Sworn In; House Speaker And Senate President Re-Elected Unopposed
- Aug 30, 2016: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Aug 24, 2016: 2016 House Of Representatives Primary Votes: State-By-State Breakdown
- Aug 22, 2016: 2016 Senate Votes: A Higher But Fragmented Vote For Minor And Micro Parties
- Aug 21, 2016: The New Senate: The Defeated, The Retired, The New And The Returning
- Aug 17, 2016: Election Funding Payments: 2016 Federal Election
- Aug 12, 2016: Government And ALP Agree On Senate Terms; First Elected To Get 6 Years
- Aug 10, 2016: How Well Did Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Do In The 2016 Federal Election?
- Aug 04, 2016: Getting Things Done In The New Senate
- Aug 04, 2016: One Nation Wins Another Seat In NSW; Coalition Loses One More, Leyonhjelm Returns; Crossbench Grows To 20
- Aug 04, 2016: One Nation Wins Two Queensland Senate Seats; Coalition Loses Ground; ALP And Greens Unchanged
- Aug 01, 2016: Western Australian Senate Results Finalised; One Nation Wins Second Seat
- Jul 27, 2016: Election Funding Payments: 2016 Federal Election
- Jul 09, 2016: How Well Did Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Do In The Federal Election?
- Jul 03, 2016: Turnbull Likely To Win Narrowly As Voters Punish Coalition; ALP Secures Nationwide Swing Of 3.18% But Falls Short
- Jun 11, 2016: A Cautionary Tale: Senate Votes In The 2013 Federal Election
- Jun 10, 2016: Parties And Groups Contesting The Senate In The 2016 Federal Election
- Jun 10, 2016: Breakdown Of House Nominations: 2016 Federal Election
- Jun 10, 2016: Nominations – House of Representatives & Senate 2016
- Dec 09, 2004: Election Funding Payments: 2004 Federal Election
- Oct 08, 2004: Senator Len Harris – One Nation How-To-Vote
- Jan 23, 2004: Crime Commission Finds No Impropriety In Pauline Hanson Prosecution
- Nov 06, 2003: Queensland Supreme Court Overturns Hanson, Ettridge Convictions
- Nov 06, 2003: Queensland Supreme Court Judgement In Hanson-Ettridge Appeal
- Sep 02, 2003: Costello Jousts With Journalists Over National Accounts, Iraq, Tuckey, Ethanol And Hanson
- Aug 31, 2003: Craig Emerson Savaged By Laurie Oakes Over Pauline Hanson
- Aug 28, 2003: Extraordinary Interview: John Howard Quizzed On Abbott And One Nation
- Aug 27, 2003: Abbott On Action Against Hanson: “I Was Acting Entirely On My Own”
- Aug 27, 2003: Howard Says Hanson-Abbott Furore Has ‘Got Quite Out Of Proportion’
- Aug 26, 2003: Truth Overboard Again, Says ALP
- Aug 26, 2003: Abbott Denies Lying
- Aug 21, 2003: Newspapers Report Pauline Hanson’s Jailing
- Aug 20, 2003: Pauline Hanson Jailed For Three Years For Electoral Fraud
- May 27, 2002: Hanson And Ettridge Committed For Trial
- Dec 06, 2001: Election Funding Payments: 2001 Federal Election
- Nov 10, 2001: How The Count Unfolded: 2001 Election Night Reports
- Mar 04, 2001: Queensland Election Results Finalised
- Feb 17, 2001: Historic Labor Landslide In Queensland Election; Coalition Decimated; One Nation Wreaks Havoc On The Right
- Feb 16, 2001: One Nation Policies – 2001 Queensland State Election
- Feb 10, 2001: Labor Gallops To Victory In The West; Court Defeated After Two Terms
- Dec 18, 1999: One Nation In Crisis
- Aug 18, 1999: Queensland Supreme Court Finds One Nation Was Fraudulently Registered
- Nov 27, 1998: Election Funding Payments: 1998 Federal Election
- Oct 04, 1998: VCEpolitics.com: 1998 Federal Election – Week 6 Aftermath
- Oct 01, 1998: 1998 Federal Election: Australian Democrats Advertisements
- Jul 06, 1998: Hanson Makes Front Page Of Washington Post
- Jul 02, 1998: Pauline Hanson Responds To Tony Abbott
- Jul 02, 1998: Tony Abbott On One Nation’s Structure
- Jul 01, 1998: One Nation Immigration, Population And Social Cohesion Policy
- Jul 01, 1998: Tony Abbott On One Nation
- Jun 13, 1998: Queensland 1998 State Election Results
- Jun 03, 1998: John Howard Calls Pauline Hanson ‘Deranged’
- Jun 02, 1998: Pauline Hanson’s Speech to Parliament on the MAI
- Mar 01, 1998: Background Information On Pauline Hanson
- Nov 30, 1996: Pauline Hanson’s Bitter Harvest: David Leser
- Oct 20, 1996: Pauline Hanson’s “Please Explain” Interview
- Sep 10, 1996: Pauline Hanson’s Maiden Speech In The House Of Representatives
- Apr 01, 1996: House Of Representatives Members – 1996
