Queensland National Party
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The National Party of Australia – Queensland (NPA-Q), commonly known as Queensland Nationals, or the National Party of Queensland, was the Queensland-state branch of the National Party of Australia (NPA) until 2008. Prior to 1974, it was known as the Country Party. The party was disestablished in 2008.
Queensland National Party National Party of Australia – Queensland | |
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Abbreviation | NPA-Q |
Leader | Full list |
Founded | 1915 (1915) |
Dissolved | 26 July 2008 (26 July 2008) |
Merger of | |
Merged into | Liberal National[lower-alpha 1] |
Headquarters | 37 Merivale Street, South Brisbane, Queensland |
Youth wing | Young Nationals |
Membership (1989) | 50,000[2][lower-alpha 2] |
Ideology | |
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National affiliation | Federal Nationals[lower-alpha 3] |
Colours | Green |
Legislative Assembly | 49 / 89 (1986–1989)
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Website | |
qld.nationals.org.au | |
Formed in 1915 by the Queensland Farmers' Union (QFU) and serving as the state branch of the National Party of Australia, it initially sought to represent the interests of the farmers but over time became a more general conservative political party in the state, leading to much debate about relations with other conservative parties and a series of mergers that were soon undone. From 1924 onward, it was the senior partner in the centre-right coalition with the state Liberal Party and its predecessors, in a reversal of the normal situation at the federal level and in the rest of Australia. The Country-Liberal Coalition won power in 1957 and governed until the Liberals broke away in 1983; the Nationals continued to govern in their own right until defeat in 1989. The party formed another Coalition with the Liberals that took power in 1996 but was defeated in 1998. After a further decade in opposition, in 2008, the two parties merged to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland.