Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian politics/State parties

Potential articles if sources were found - less important

• Liberal Party of Australia (Northern Territory Division)
• National Party of Australia – Australian Capital Territory (currently a redirect)
• Country Party of Australia – Northern Territory

Historical conservative parties timelines by state (for working out what we don't have)

New South Wales

• United Australia Party (New South Wales Branch)/National Party of Australia – NSW (as Country Party); then
• Liberal Democratic Party (New South Wales)/Democratic Party (1943)/Commonwealth Party (New South Wales)/National Party of Australia – NSW (as Country Party); then
• Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)/National Party of Australia – NSW

Queensland

• Supporters of the Continuous Ministry (Queensland) 1890-c1903
• "Ministerial" faction c1903-1906
• "Kidstonites" based on William Kidston and "Conservatives" based on Robert Philp 1907-c1908
• Liberal Party, merger of the above two. 1908-1917
• Queensland Farmers' Union/Country Party 1915 - 1917 (the QFU sponsored candidates but in the state parliament they organised under the name "Country Party")
• National Party, later renamed "Queensland United Party", July 1917 - May 1925, initially a fusion of non-Labor forces in the state but not everyone arrived or departed at the same time
• A re-separated Country Party 28 July 1920 - 12 May 1925
• National Labor Party - contested the 1920 election
• Country Progressive Party 12 May 1925 - 15 December 1925, a merger of the Country Party and most of the United Party
• Rump United Party, May - December 1925, a group of initially anti-merger United MLAs
• Country and Progressive National Party, 15 December 1925 - 5 March 1936, merger of the above two
• A re-separated Country Party 5 March 1936 - 27 April 1941
• A separated state branch of the United Australia Party 5 March 1936 - 27 April 1941
• Country-National Organisation 27 April 1941 - 1944, merger of the above two
  • "Queensland Country Party", the elements of the Country Party (including the extra-parliamentary party) opposed to merger
• A re-separated Country Party 1944 - 1974, then renamed "National Party" 1974 - 26 July 2008
• Queensland People's Party 26 October 1943 - 9 July 1949, absorbs the re-separated state United Australia Party, becomes the Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) 9 July 1949 - 26 July 2008

South Australia (complete)

• National Defence League/Liberal and Democratic Union/Farmers and Producers Political Union; then
• Liberal Union (South Australia) / National Party (South Australia) / Country Party (South Australia); then
• Liberal Federation / Country Party (South Australia); then
• Liberal and Country League / Liberal Movement; then
• Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)/National Party of Australia (SA)

Tasmania

• Liberal Party (Tasmania) (party structure known as Liberal League - seems not usually used for parliamentary party)
• Nationalist Party (Tasmania) (parliamentary) [1] /
  • United Australia and Nationalist Organisation (later joint party structure with UAP; did not affect parliamentary party)
• Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)/National Party of Australia – Tasmania (Centre Party)

Victoria

• ? /Victorian Farmers Union
• United Australia Party (Victorian Branch)/National Party of Australia – Victoria (as United Country Party) 1930 - c mid 1940s; then
  • Country Progressive Party (CP split 1927-1930)
  • Liberal Country Party (UCP split 1937-1943)
• Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)/National Party of Australia – Victoria

Western Australia

• 1890s - "Ministerialist" faction supporting John Forrest and "Opposition" faction supporting George Randell (who joined the ministry in 1898) then George Leake
• 1901-1905 - confused period of multiple factions with George Throssell and Frederick Henry Piesse seemingly heading the previous followers of Forrest, and Walter James heading Leake's. Alf Morgans, a former Forrest minister, put together a brief ministry between Leake's.
• 1905-1911 "Ministerialists" following ministries headed by Hector Rason, Newton Moore and Frank Wilson, Labor now main opposition
• 1911 Western Australian Liberal Party (1911–17) formed by ex-Ministerialists
• 1914 Country Party formed, supported by the Farmers and Settlers' Association
• 1917 Nationalist Party including distinct National Liberal faction, absorbed Liberals
• 1917 National Labor Party formed by breakaway from Labor, kept a separate identity longer than at federal level
• 1920 Farmers and Settlers' Association renamed "Primary Producers' Association"
• 1923: Country Party splits between Majority Country Party (pro coalition splinter) and Executive Country Party (anti-coalition rump who continued as the Country Party)
• c1924 United Party (fusion of Nationalists, National Labor and Majority Country); used the name in 1927 election but seems to have reverted to "Nationalist Party" by 1930
• 1944 Primary Producers' Association withdraws from party politics, Country Party establishes its own supporting organisation
• 1945 Nationalist Party becomes Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
• 1946 Country Party renames itself "Country and Democratic League"
• 1949 Liberal Party renames itself "Liberal and Country League"; unlike SA party of the same name this is not a merger
• 1949 Country and Democratic League reverts name to "Country Party", although the organisation doesn't make the same change until 1961
• 1968 Liberal and Country League changes name to Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
• 1974 National Alliance temporary merger of Country Party and Democratic Labor Party
• 1974 Alliance collapses, Country Party renames itself "National Country Party"
• 1978 National Country Party splits; breakaway anti-coalition "National Party" formed
• 1984 (organisation)/1985 (parliamentary party) National Country Party and National Party reunite under name "National Party"