Explosivo2002

Explosivo2002 is a member of and the current Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and former Labor candidate for the Division of Mayo during the 2020 Mayo By-Election

Political Career
On February 10th, Explosivo2002 had his membership application for the Labor Party accepted by Labor Leader Lucifer Morningstar. However, he would not sit idly by during his early days of his political life.

February 2020 Mayo By-Election
The writs for the Mayo By-Election were issues by the AEC early on the morning of the 12th of February, by the end of the day three candidates had joined the race, included Explosivo; to be noted is at this point he had only been a Labor member for 2 days.

Upon joining in the race, he built up a reputation as a master campaigner amongst many politicians in and outside parliament, a skill he would attribute to his days leading the AEU in New South Wales. He first launched his campaign with attacks against the Liberals and Nationals alongside a jobs program titled "AusToWork": three things that would become mainstays of his first election campaign. Beyond this, he campaigned on worker's rights, the institution of an anti-corruption commission, and on his belief in popular sovereignty and giving the people a stronger voice in government

When the results of the by-election came in, Explosivo would finish 5th place out of the 5 candidates: however, he would get 13.5% of the First Preference votes, almost 3x more than the national Labor average.. However, despite this disappointing finish, it would not be his last action in the political realm.

Deputy Leader of the Labor Party (February 2020-)
On the 22nd of February, Labor leader Lucifer Morningstar spilled the vacant deputy position in the party room meeting that day, asking any members of the party who wished to stand for the position to notify him in the coming days. After a delay of a few hours, Explosivo announced to the party his intent to put his hand up for the position.

However, by the 23rd of February, no other candidate had joined in the race, and so in a press release that day, the party announced Explosivo as their new Deputy Leader, taking over the position vacated by Morningstar when he assumed leadership following the resignation of Dyljam.