Smith has never run as a candidate in a general election despite being the leader.

He has turned down many offers from political parties to run as their candidate.

Running as the party's candidate for President in 1968, he received about 41,000 votes.

He ran as a candidate in the local elections but did not win.

He left the party and ran as an independent candidate in the 1997 federal election.

He ran as an independent candidate for governor in 1914 and lost.

But he left the door open to run as the party's lead candidate in the next general elections, due by the year 2000.

Jones ran instead as an independent candidate, and won with 46 percent of the vote.

Three years later he was selected to run as the party's presidential candidate.

He was approached about running as a Republican candidate for governor two years ago.