'Not happy John!' campaign
- 'Not happy John!' campaign
The 'Not happy, John!' campaign was an Australian political campaign to oppose the re-election of Prime Minister John Howard as member for Bennelong in the Australian federal election, 2004. The title of the campaign is based on the popular television commercial, Not happy, Jan! and the book "Not Happy, John" by Margo Kingston. [cite news|url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/27/1090693960472.html|title = Not happy, John: angry outsiders take on Howard| date = 28 July 2004| last = Grattan| first = Michelle| authorlink = Michelle Grattan| publisher = "The Age"| accessdate = 2008-06-11|quote = The "Not happy, John" slogan came from journalist Margo Kingston's recent book.]
The campaign did not promote any specific candidate, but called for votes for any other candidate standing against Howard. The campaign was unsuccessful, in that Howard was returned as member, but had some success in that it reduced Howard's majority by 3% in the face of a 2% swing to Howard's Liberal Party.
Supporters of the campaign included Margo Kingston (journalist), John Valder (previous president of Howard's Liberal party), Brian Deegan (former magistrate, who stood against Alexander Downer), Andrew Wilkie (Greens candidate) and Nicole Campbell (Australian Labor Party candidate). The campaign was launched on 22 June 2004 and continued until the election on 9 October.
There was a small Not Happy John Campaign for the 2007 election based on the philosophy behind the original campaign.
References
Further reading
*Kingston, Margo. "Not Happy, John! defending Australia's democracy". Paperback, 240 pages. Published June 2004 by Penguin. ISBN 0-14-300258-9.
External links
* [http://www.nothappyjohn.com/default.cfm Not Happy John Campaign site]
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