<sod>'''John Joseph Madigan''' (born 21 July 1966) is an Australian politician.<ref name="TheAge22Aug2010">{{cite news |url=http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/dlp-an-outside-chance-for-senate-20100822-13ako.html |title=DLP an outside chance for Senate |last=Turnbull |first=Jeff |work=[[The Age]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Democratic Labour Party (Australia)|Democratic Labour Party]] (DLP), before resigning from the party and becoming an [[Independent (politics)|independent]] in September 2014. Madigan launched the John Madigan’s Manufacturing and Farming Party in 2015.<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/senator-john-madigan-to-launch-his-own-manufacturing-and-farming-party-20150408-1mglal.html</ref>  He was elected to the [[Australian Senate]] with 2.3 percent of the primary vote in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] at the [[Australian federal election, 2010|2010 federal election]], serving a six-year term from July 2011.<ref name="RedLeatherDay">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/redleather-day-for-the-dlp-20100911-15629.html |title=Red-leather day for the DLP |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=12 September 2010 |first=Melissa |last=Fyfe |accessdate=16 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/family-firsts-steve-fielding-loses-senate-seat-20100916-15ebv.html |title=Family First's Steve Fielding loses Senate seat |first=Megan |last=Levy |work=The Age |date=16 September 2010 |accessdate=17 September 2010 |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]}}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''John Joseph Madigan''' (born 21 July 1966) is an Australian politician.<ref name="TheAge22Aug2010">{{cite news |url=http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/dlp-an-outside-chance-for-senate-20100822-13ako.html |title=DLP an outside chance for Senate |last=Turnbull |first=Jeff |work=[[The Age]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Democratic Labour Party (Australia)|Democratic Labour Party]] (DLP), before resigning from the party and becoming an [[Independent (politics)|independent]] in September 2014. Madigan launched the John Madigan’s Manufacturing and Farming Party in 2015.<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/senator-john-madigan-to-launch-his-own-manufacturing-and-farming-party-20150408-1mglal.html</ref>  He was elected to the [[Australian Senate]] with 2.3 percent of the primary vote in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] at the [[Australian federal election, 2010|2010 federal election]], to serve a six-year term from July 2011.<ref name="RedLeatherDay">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/redleather-day-for-the-dlp-20100911-15629.html |title=Red-leather day for the DLP |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=12 September 2010 |first=Melissa |last=Fyfe |accessdate=16 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/family-firsts-steve-fielding-loses-senate-seat-20100916-15ebv.html |title=Family First's Steve Fielding loses Senate seat |first=Megan |last=Levy |work=The Age |date=16 September 2010 |accessdate=17 September 2010 |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]}}</ref><eod>