Glenn Druery
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Glenn Druery is an Australia
n ultra distance cyclist and a world-class long distance athlete.
Druery has competed in the Race Across America
(RAAM) three times, in 2005, 2007 and 2009. In 2009 his four-man team, Team RANS, won the epic 5000 km event in 6 days 3 hours and 40 minutes.
In 2003 and 2007 Glenn participated in the 1200 km Paris–Brest–Paris (PBP).
, a group Malcolm Jones
would later commandeer.
Druery pioneered, in 1999, the practice of "preference harvesting” at the NSW general election, and was the brains behind the "Tablecloth ballot paper". In a number of meetings he organised and chaired , Druery diplomatically persuaded the Independents and the Minor parties to adhere to his innovative preference-swapping arrangements.
Three members of minor parties were subsequently elected to the Legislative Council.
The Government and Opposition parties later passed legislation to make it difficult for Independents, small parties and minority groups to enter the NSW Upper House.
Druery has been a candidate in several elections. He ran for the New South Wales Legislative Council
in the 1999 state election
; as a liberals for forests
candidate for the Senate
in the 2004 federal election; and as a Liberal Democrats
candidate for the Senate in the 2010 federal election.
In 2004 he came within 2,500 votes of being elected through favourable preference deals. In 2010 he also came very close and was similarly the last candidate eliminated in the count.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n ultra distance cyclist and a world-class long distance athlete.
Druery has competed in the Race Across America
Race Across America
The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra marathon bicycle race across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race....
(RAAM) three times, in 2005, 2007 and 2009. In 2009 his four-man team, Team RANS, won the epic 5000 km event in 6 days 3 hours and 40 minutes.
In 2003 and 2007 Glenn participated in the 1200 km Paris–Brest–Paris (PBP).
Politics
In 1996 Druery was instrumental in the formation of the Outdoor Recreation PartyOutdoor Recreation Party
The Outdoor Recreation Party is a minor political party in Australia. It largely represents the outdoor community and such interests as cycling, mountain biking, bushwalking, camping, kayaking, 4WDing, skiing, fishing lobbies, as well as similar recreational groups with an interest in the outdoors...
, a group Malcolm Jones
Malcolm Jones
The Malcolm Jones was an American automobile manufactured in Detroit from 1914 to 1915. It was a four-cylinder water-cooled cyclecar....
would later commandeer.
Druery pioneered, in 1999, the practice of "preference harvesting” at the NSW general election, and was the brains behind the "Tablecloth ballot paper". In a number of meetings he organised and chaired , Druery diplomatically persuaded the Independents and the Minor parties to adhere to his innovative preference-swapping arrangements.
Three members of minor parties were subsequently elected to the Legislative Council.
The Government and Opposition parties later passed legislation to make it difficult for Independents, small parties and minority groups to enter the NSW Upper House.
Druery has been a candidate in several elections. He ran for the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
in the 1999 state election
New South Wales state election, 1999
Elections to the 52nd Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 27 March 1999. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election...
; as a liberals for forests
Liberals for Forests
Liberals for Forests is an Australian political minor party. It has contested both state and federal elections in recent years, but has only achieved one elected representative - Janet Woollard in Western Australia...
candidate for the Senate
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
in the 2004 federal election; and as a Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)
The Liberal Democratic Party is a classical liberal Australian political party founded in 2001.-Party name:In 2007 the party tried to register federally under the name "Liberal Democratic Party" but this was opposed the by the Liberal Party, so the party chose to register as the "Liberty and...
candidate for the Senate in the 2010 federal election.
In 2004 he came within 2,500 votes of being elected through favourable preference deals. In 2010 he also came very close and was similarly the last candidate eliminated in the count.