List of historical political parties in Australia
Appearance
This is a list of historical political parties in Australia.
These parties are no longer registered or active at a federal, state or federal level. Historical names of defunct and current parties are not included in the list as they are not separate entities.
Major parties
[edit]Federal parliamentary parties
[edit]Political party | Period | Main ideology | Position | Political alliance(s) | Maximum seats[a] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MPs | Senators | ||||||||
NP | — | Nationalist Party | 1917–1931 | Nationalism Liberal conservatism |
Centre-right to right-wing | Nationalist–Country coalition | 53 / 75
|
34 / 36
| |
UAP | United Australia Party | 1931–1945 | Liberal conservatism | Centre-right | United Australia–Country coalition | 34 / 76
|
26 / 36
| ||
FTP | — | Free Trade Party | 1901–1909 | Economic liberalism | Centre-right | — | 28 / 75
|
17 / 36
| |
PP | — | Protectionist Party | 1901–1909 | Liberalism Protectionism |
Centre | — | 31 / 75
|
11 / 36
| |
LIB | — | Liberal Party | 1909–1917 | Liberalism | Centre to centre-right | Liberal Union | 38 / 75
|
7 / 36
| |
NLP | — | National Labor Party | 1916–1917 | Nationalism | Centre-left | — | 14 / 75
|
9 / 36
| |
LL | — | Lang Labor | 1931–1950 | Economic nationalism (Langism) | Centre-left | — | 9 / 74
|
3 / 36
| |
LU | — | Liberal Union | 1922–1925 | Liberalism | Centre | — | 5 / 75
|
— | |
DLP | Democratic Labor Party | 1955–1974 | Anti-communism | Centre | — | 7 / 124
|
5 / 60
|
Notes:
- ^ The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.
State parliamentary parties
[edit]New South Wales
[edit]Political party | Period | Main ideology | Position | Leader | Political alliance(s) | Seats[a] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MLAs | MLCs[b] | ||||||||
NP | Nationalist Party | 1916–1931 | Nationalism Liberal conservatism |
Centre-right to right-wing | Thomas Bavin[c] | Nationalist–Progressive coalition (1921) Nationalist–Country coalition (1927–1930) |
52 / 90
|
58 / 74
| |
LRP | Liberal Reform Party | 1901–1917 | Liberalism Liberal conservatism |
Centre-right | Charles Wade[c] | — | 45 / 90
|
56 / 69
| |
PP | Protectionist Party | 1887–1901 | Protectionism Liberalism |
Centre | George Dibbs[c] | — | 66 / 137
|
23 / 84
| |
PP | Progressive Party | 1901–1907 | Protectionism Liberalism |
— | John See[c] | — | 42 / 125
|
21 / 62
| |
LL | Lang Labor | 1931–1950 | Langism | Centre-left | Jack Lang | — | 29 / 90
|
51 / 114
| |
PP | Progressive Party | 1920–1927 | Conservatism Agrarianism |
Centre-right | — | Nationalist–Progressive coalition (1921) | 15 / 90
|
3 / 93
| |
DP | Democratic Party | 1920–1925 | Catholic interests | Centre to centre-left | — | — | 1 / 90
|
— | |
PILP | Protestant Independent Labour Party | 1923–1940s | Labourism Protestantism Social democracy |
Centre-left | — | — | 1 / 90
|
— |
Notes:
Queensland
[edit]Notes:
- ^ The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.
- ^ Members of the Queensland Legislative Council were appointed by the Governor. In 1922 it was abolished.
- ^ The party held several names over its duration. By its dissolution it was named the "Queensland National Party" or the "National Party of Queensland".
- ^ a b c d Longest-serving party leader.
- ^ The party was established as the "Queensland People's Party" however later merged with the federal Liberal Party and changed its name to align with the federal branch.
- ^ The party was originally called the "National Party", also called the "Nationalist Party". However by its dissolution was named the "United Party".
- ^ Also known as the "Queensland Communist Group" in its early years.
Other states
[edit]Name | Period | Ideology | |
---|---|---|---|
Western Australian Liberal Party | 1911–1917 | ||
Liberal and Democratic Union | 1906–1910 | ||
Liberal Federation | 1923–1932 | ||
Liberal Union | 1910–1923 |
Other represented parties
[edit]Federal
[edit]State/territory only
[edit]Parties without representation
[edit]See also
[edit]- Politics of Australia
- List of political parties in Australia
- List of ruling political parties by country
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also known as Voices for the Senate.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cowper Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Eastern Suburbs Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Green Alliance Senate – NSW". Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Greens in Lowe". Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Notice of intention to deregister Independent Voices for the Senate" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 25 October 2023.
- ^ "South Sydney Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "The Victorian Green Alliance". Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Policies". tnl.net.au. TNL. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Western Suburbs Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.