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
- Fiona Patten Not Happy Malcolm Roberts Has Been Re-Elected June 19, 2019
- Senate Refers Nash And Xenophon To High Court; Hinch And Gallagher Safe; Hanson Audit Motion Defeated September 4, 2017
- Senate President Statement On Burqa Wearing September 4, 2017
- Pauline Hanson’s Senate Burqa Stunt; Labor And Greens Give Brandis A Standing Ovation August 17, 2017
- Sen. Peter Georgiou (One Nation-WA) – Maiden Speech August 16, 2017
- Women In The 45th Australian Parliament May 10, 2017
- Who’s Left – The Surviving Members Of Every House Of Representatives Since 1949 April 1, 2017
- Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders February 7, 2017
- Senate President’s Statement On Culleton Disqualification February 7, 2017
- Culleton Ineligible To Nominate For Senate, High Court Rules; Recount Likely To Elect Peter Georgiou February 3, 2017
- Senator Rodney Culleton Disqualified; Senate President Declares Vacancy In WA; High Court To Decide How To Fill It January 11, 2017
- Senator Rod Culleton Resigns From Pauline Hanson’s One Nation December 18, 2016
- Sen. Pauline Hanson (One Nation-Qld) – Maiden Speech September 14, 2016
- Sen. Malcolm Roberts (One Nation-Qld) Maiden Speech September 13, 2016
- 45th Parliament Opens; Members And Senators Sworn In; House Speaker And Senate President Re-Elected Unopposed August 30, 2016
- Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders August 30, 2016
- 2016 House Of Representatives Primary Votes: State-By-State Breakdown August 24, 2016
- 2016 Senate Votes: A Higher But Fragmented Vote For Minor And Micro Parties August 22, 2016
- The New Senate: The Defeated, The Retired, The New And The Returning August 21, 2016
- Election Funding Payments: 2016 Federal Election August 17, 2016
- Government And ALP Agree On Senate Terms; First Elected To Get 6 Years August 12, 2016
- How Well Did Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Do In The 2016 Federal Election? August 10, 2016
- Getting Things Done In The New Senate August 4, 2016
- One Nation Wins Another Seat In NSW; Coalition Loses One More, Leyonhjelm Returns; Crossbench Grows To 20 August 4, 2016
- One Nation Wins Two Queensland Senate Seats; Coalition Loses Ground; ALP And Greens Unchanged August 4, 2016
- Western Australian Senate Results Finalised; One Nation Wins Second Seat August 1, 2016
- Election Funding Payments: 2016 Federal Election July 27, 2016
- How Well Did Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Do In The Federal Election? July 9, 2016
- Turnbull Likely To Win Narrowly As Voters Punish Coalition; ALP Secures Nationwide Swing Of 3.18% But Falls Short July 3, 2016
- A Cautionary Tale: Senate Votes In The 2013 Federal Election June 11, 2016
- Parties And Groups Contesting The Senate In The 2016 Federal Election June 10, 2016
- Breakdown Of House Nominations: 2016 Federal Election June 10, 2016
- Nominations – House of Representatives & Senate 2016 June 10, 2016
- Election Funding Payments: 2004 Federal Election December 9, 2004
- Senator Len Harris – One Nation How-To-Vote October 8, 2004
- Crime Commission Finds No Impropriety In Pauline Hanson Prosecution January 23, 2004
- Queensland Supreme Court Overturns Hanson, Ettridge Convictions November 6, 2003
- Queensland Supreme Court Judgement In Hanson-Ettridge Appeal November 6, 2003
- Costello Jousts With Journalists Over National Accounts, Iraq, Tuckey, Ethanol And Hanson September 2, 2003
- Craig Emerson Savaged By Laurie Oakes Over Pauline Hanson August 31, 2003
- Extraordinary Interview: John Howard Quizzed On Abbott And One Nation August 28, 2003
- Abbott On Action Against Hanson: “I Was Acting Entirely On My Own” August 27, 2003
- Howard Says Hanson-Abbott Furore Has ‘Got Quite Out Of Proportion’ August 27, 2003
- Truth Overboard Again, Says ALP August 26, 2003
- Abbott Denies Lying August 26, 2003
- Newspapers Report Pauline Hanson’s Jailing August 21, 2003
- Pauline Hanson Jailed For Three Years For Electoral Fraud August 20, 2003
- Hanson And Ettridge Committed For Trial May 27, 2002
- Election Funding Payments: 2001 Federal Election December 6, 2001
- How The Count Unfolded: 2001 Election Night Reports November 10, 2001
- Queensland Election Results Finalised March 4, 2001
- Historic Labor Landslide In Queensland Election; Coalition Decimated; One Nation Wreaks Havoc On The Right February 17, 2001
- One Nation Policies – 2001 Queensland State Election February 16, 2001
- Labor Gallops To Victory In The West; Court Defeated After Two Terms February 10, 2001
- One Nation In Crisis December 18, 1999
- Queensland Supreme Court Finds One Nation Was Fraudulently Registered August 18, 1999
- Election Funding Payments: 1998 Federal Election November 27, 1998
- VCEpolitics.com: 1998 Federal Election – Week 6 Aftermath October 4, 1998
- 1998 Federal Election: Australian Democrats Advertisements October 1, 1998
- Hanson Makes Front Page Of Washington Post July 6, 1998
- Pauline Hanson Responds To Tony Abbott July 2, 1998
- Tony Abbott On One Nation’s Structure July 2, 1998
- One Nation Immigration, Population And Social Cohesion Policy July 1, 1998
- Tony Abbott On One Nation July 1, 1998
- Queensland 1998 State Election Results June 13, 1998
- John Howard Calls Pauline Hanson ‘Deranged’ June 3, 1998
- Pauline Hanson’s Speech to Parliament on the MAI June 2, 1998
- Background Information On Pauline Hanson March 1, 1998
- Pauline Hanson’s Bitter Harvest: David Leser November 30, 1996
- Pauline Hanson’s “Please Explain” Interview October 20, 1996
- Pauline Hanson’s Maiden Speech In The House Of Representatives September 10, 1996
- House Of Representatives Members – 1996 April 1, 1996
