Events
The Commonwealth Liberal Party was formed from a merger between the Free Trade and Protectionist partiesThe NSW Country Party was formed from farmer organisationsThe Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party (formed from Billy Hughes split from the ALP due to him being pro conscription, while the others were not) merged to form the Nationalist PartyThe Australian Country Party was founded federallyThe Commonwealth Liberal Party X National Labor Party refused to join any government led by Billy Hughes, who was forced out of leadership by the NationalistsThe Nationalists and anti Labor citizen groups formed the United Australia Party, led by Joseph Lyons.The Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) was formed by Robert Menzies to unite the "fragmented political right"The Australian Country Party (ACP) was renamed to the National Country PartyThe National Country Party renamed to the NationalsHoward government (coalition) lost officePeriods
This period is considered a high point of Country Party influence within the CoalitionCoalition briefly lost power to the Whitlam (Labor) governmentLongest Coalition government periodMenzies Coalition government
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