[5] Western Australia does not observe daylight saving time, and has rejected it in referendums in 1975, 1984, 1992 and 2009.

An earlier Daylight Savings Party registration in 2005[7] was cancelled in 2008 when the Electoral Commissioner found that it did not have at least 500 members.

[8] That party fielded one candidate each in five of the six regions in the September 2008 election before being deregistered in November the same year.

Voting for the legislative council uses group voting tickets, and preference deals amongst five minor parties orchestrated by Glenn Druery mean that the Daylight Saving Party has its best chance of winning a seat in the South Metropolitan Region.

[9] The other four parties involved in the preference deal are Family First, Liberal Democrats, Flux the System and Fluoride Free.