  sa first was a south australian political party formed in 1999 by dissident labor member of parliament terry cameron. the party contested the 2002 south australian legislative election, but failed to have any candidates elected to the parliament of south australia. ==ideology and policy== sa first positioned itself as a pragmatic, centre-based political party which relied on policy initiatives drawn from the experience of its members and professionals. its flagship was parliamentary reform, which advocated electoral reform, proportional representation, more sitting days and fewer political perks. it also formed a broad range of policy initiatives which were more or less moderate and liberal in their scope. ==structure== the structure of sa first consisted of local branches electing a governing state conference, which in turn elected an administrative state executive. the party was notable for allowing each mp a conscience vote on each piece of legislation before parliament. the annual state conference consisted of delegates elected by the branches and was the governing body of the party, with the power to determine policy, preselect upper house candidates and elect the state executive. the state executive was an 11-member body elected largely by the conference. there were positions of president, vice-president and state secretary, elected by a preferential majority of conference for a two-year term. it followed the labor party model of political power lying in the hands of the secretary rather than the president; the president directed debate and the state secretary directed the everyday operations of the party. there were six general members elected by proportional representation for a one year term. the positions of youth representative and parliamentary leader were ex officio. the state was divided up into branches, based around one to nine electorates. each branch was allocated delegates to state conference based on one delegate per 10 members (with a cap of 7 delegates to help prevent branch stacking or undue influence by one branch). branches had an equal say in the preselection of candidates, with a 50% weighting of the vote with state conference. (cf. australian labor party where the branches have only a 25% weighting, and the liberal party where the sec/fec preselection college has a 100% weighting). youth members (25 and under), in addition to being members of their local branch, were also automatically members of sa first youth, which elected delegates to conference based on its membership and elected a member of the state executive directly. this 'double representation' helped youth membership and participation within the wider party immensely, with almost 1/3 of delegates from the youth wing of the party as well as 1/3 of the state executive members. there were also standing committees such 
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