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National Party of Australia - Biocrawler (854 words) |
 | The Country Party was formally founded in 1922, from a number of state-based parties such as the Victorian Farmers Union (VFU) and the Farmers and Settlers Party of New South Wales. |
| By the 1960s the Country Party was losing ground electorally to the Liberals as the rural population declined, and in 1975 it changed its name to the National Country Party as part of a strategy to expand into urban areas. |
| The party's membership and support base have been under strain in recent years, being caught between the populist economic and cultural demands of the more socially conservative part of its rural electorate (attracted to the One Nation Party), rising rural support for independents, and the growing strength of the Liberal Party in country areas. |
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United Australia Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (338 words) |
| The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. |
| Menzies did not have widespread support, particularly from the Country Party, and various plots were made to advance former Prime Ministers Billy Hughes or Stanley Bruce to the leadership of the UAP. |
| The UAP was absorbed into the Liberal Party of Australia at the founding of the latter organization on 31 August 1945. |
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