Editing Australian Democrats (section)

====State and territory losses====
The Tasmanian division of the party was deregistered for having insufficient members in January 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200601/1542299.htm?tasmania|title=Australian Democrats Deregistered in Tasmania|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=5 January 2006|access-date=25 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622171235/http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200601/1542299.htm?tasmania|archive-date=22 June 2008}}</ref>

At the [[2006 South Australian state election|2006 South Australian election]], the Australian Democrats were reduced to 1.7 per cent of the Legislative Council (upper house) vote. Their sole councillor up for re-election, [[Kate Reynolds]], was defeated. In July 2006, Richard Pascoe, national and [[South Australia]]n party president, resigned, citing slumping opinion polls and the poor result in the 2006 South Australian election as well as South Australian parliamentary leader [[Sandra Kanck]]'s comments regarding the drug [[MDMA]] which he saw as damaging to the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-07-11/political-analyst-predicts-democrats-demise/1798378|title=Political analyst predicts Democrats' demise|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=11 July 2006|access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1683993.htm|title=Former leader sees Democrats in 'tatters'|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=11 July 2006|access-date=25 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205083545/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1683993.htm|archive-date=5 December 2008}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060706220404/http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0%2C5936%2C19698296%5E910%2C00.html Kanck says rave party safer than the front bar, ''The Advertiser'' 5 July 2006] Article no longer available online.</ref>

In the [[2007 New South Wales state election|New South Wales state election of March 2007]], the Australian Democrats lost their last remaining NSW Upper House representative, [[Arthur Chesterfield-Evans]]. The party fared poorly, gaining only 1.8 per cent of the Legislative Council vote.

On 13 September 2007, the ACT Democrats (Australian Capital Territory Division of the party) was deregistered<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2007-279/default.asp|title=ACT legislation register – Electoral (Cancellation of the Registration of the Australian Democrats) Notice 2007 – main page|publisher=Legislation.act.gov.au|date=13 September 2007|access-date=25 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123082003/http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2007-279/default.asp|archive-date=23 November 2008}}</ref> by the ACT Electoral Commissioner, being unable to demonstrate a minimum membership of 100 electors.

These losses left Sandra Kanck, in South Australia, as the party's only parliamentarian. She retired in 2009 and was replaced by [[David Winderlich]], making him (as of 2020) the last Democrat to sit in any Australian parliament. The Democrats lost all representation when Winderlich resigned from the party in October 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26177316-2682,00.html?from=public_rss|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130627101506/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26177316-2682,00.html?from=public_rss|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 June 2013|title=David Winderlich quits, Democrats are no more|publisher=News.com.au|date=7 October 2009|access-date=25 April 2010|first1=Russell|last1=Emmerson}}</ref> He sat the remainder of his term as an independent, and lost his seat at the [[2010 South Australian state election|2010 South Australian election]].