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List of historical political parties in Australia

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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.

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[1] The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.

[2] The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.

[3] The New South Wales Legislative Council was appointed by the Governor between 1855 and 1933.

[Long-4] Longest-serving party leader.

[5] The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.

[6] Members of the Queensland Legislative Council were appointed by the Governor. In 1922 it was abolished.

[7] The party held several names over its duration. By its dissolution it was named the "Queensland National Party" or the "National Party of Queensland".

[Long-8] Longest-serving party leader.

[9] 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.

[10] The party was originally called the "National Party", also called the "Nationalist Party". However by its dissolution was named the "United Party".

[11] Also known as the "Queensland Communist Group" in its early years.

[16] Also known as Voices for the Senate.

[12] [1]
"Cowper Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

[13] [2]
"Eastern Suburbs Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

[14] [3]
"Green Alliance Senate – NSW". Australian Electoral Commission.

[15] [4]
"Greens in Lowe". Australian Electoral Commission.

[17] [5]
"Notice of intention to deregister Independent Voices for the Senate" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 25 October 2023.

[18] [6]
"South Sydney Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

[19] [7]
"The Victorian Green Alliance". Australian Electoral Commission.

[20] [8]
"Western Suburbs Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

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Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Political alliance(s)	Maximum seats^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Political alliance(s)	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	1922–1925	Anti-communism	Centre	—	7 / 124	5 / 60

Political party			Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	Seats^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Political party			Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	MLAs	MLCs^{[lower-alpha 2]}
	NP	Nationalist Party	1916–1931	Nationalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Thomas Bavin^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	—	45 / 90	56 / 69
	PP	Protectionist Party	1887–1901	Protectionism Liberalism	Centre	George Dibbs^{[lower-alpha 3]}	—	66 / 137	23 / 84
	PP	Progressive Party	1901–1907	Protectionism Liberalism	—	John See^{[lower-alpha 3]}	—	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	—

Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	Seats^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	MLAs	MLCs^{[lower-alpha 2]}
	CPNP	—	Country and Progressive National Party	1925–1936	Conservatism	Centre-right	Arthur Edward Moore	—	43 / 72	—
	NAT		National Party^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1915–2008	Conservatism Agrarianism Economic liberalism	Centre-right to right-wing	Frank Nicklin^{[lower-alpha 4]}	National–Liberal coalition	49 / 89	—
	LIB		Liberal Party^{[lower-alpha 5]}	1943–2008	Liberalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Gordon Chalk^{[lower-alpha 4]}	National–Liberal coalition	30 / 82	—
	QLP		Queensland Labor Party	1944–1977	Social democracy Anti-communism	Centre-left	Vince Gair^{[lower-alpha 4]}	—	25 / 75	—
	UP	—	United Party^{[lower-alpha 6]}	1917–1925	Nationalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Charles Taylor^{[lower-alpha 4]}	—	22 / 72	1 / 58
	CCA	—	City Country Alliance	1999–2003	Nationalism Social conservatism	Right-wing	Bill Feldman	—	6 / 89	—
	UAP		United Australia Party	1936–1944	Liberalism Conservatism	Centre-right	Hugh Russell	—	4 / 62	—
	NCP	—	Northern Country Party	1919/20–1923	Agrarianism	—	—	—	3 / 72	—
	CPA		Communist Party^{[lower-alpha 7]}	1921–1991	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Jack Henry	—	1 / 62	—
	PILP	—	Protestant Independent Labour Party	1923–1940s	Labourism Protestantism Social democracy	Centre-left	—	—	1 / 62	—
	NQLP	—	North Queensland Labor Party	1944–1977	Social democracy Populism	Centre-left	Tom Aikens	—	1 / 75	—
	QP	—	Queensland Party	2010–2012	Regionalism	Centre-right to right-wing	Aidan McLindon	—	1 / 89	—
	NQF	—	North Queensland First	2019–2021	North Queensland statehood Regionalism	Centre-right	Jason Costigan	—	1 / 93	—

Name		Period	Ideology
	Western Australian Liberal Party	1911–1917
	Liberal and Democratic Union	1906–1910
	Liberal Federation	1923–1932
	Liberal Union	1910–1923

Political party				Period	Ideology
Political party				Period	Ideology	CON	Australian Conservatives	2017–2019	Conservatism Economic liberalism
	AP	—	Australia Party	1969–1970	Anti-conscription Social liberalism
	AMEP		Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party	2013–2016	Against anti-hooning laws
	AP		Australian Party	1929–1931	Populism Anti-communism
	APA		Australian Progressive Alliance	2003–2005
	BMLP	—	Blackburn-Mutton Labor Party	1947–1950
	CPP	—	Country Progressive Party	1926–1930
	DHJP	—	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party	2016–2019	Justice reform, Anti-paedophilia
	FFP	—	Family First Party	2005–2011, 2014–2017	Social conservatism Christian right
	CNP		Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party	2019–2020	National conservatism Right-wing populism
	GLT	—	Glenn Lazarus Team	2015–2016
	ISLP	—	Industrial Socialist Labor Party	1919–1921	Socialism
	ALP (N-C)	—	Labor (Non-Communist)	1940–1941	Labour politics Anti-communism
	LCP	—	Liberal Country Party	1937–1943
	LM	—	Liberal Movement	1972–1977	Social liberalism Progressivism
	MLP	—	Majority Labor Party	1922–1923
	NA	—	National Alliance	1974–1977
	NLP	—	National Liberal Party	1974–1974
	NDP	—	Nuclear Disarmament Party	1984–1985, 1987–1988,	Nuclear disarmament
	PP	—	Progress Party	1975–1981	Libertarianism Anti-socialism
	PP	—	Progressive Party	1920–1927	Socially conservative Agrarian socialism
	RTP	—	Revenue Tariff Party	1903–1903
	RPT	—	Rex Patrick Team	2020–2022
	TSISAP		Tim Storer Independent SA Party	2018–2019
	UAP	—	Unite Australia Party	1986–1990
	VFU	—	Victorian Farmers' Union	1916–1920	Pro-farmers
	WAP	—	Western Australian Party	1906–1906

The_Australian_Mental_Health_Party

List of historical political parties in Australia

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Political party			State	Period	Ideology
Political party			State	Period	Ideology	ABFFOC	A Better Future For Our Children	NSW	1995–2003
	ASGC	Abolish Self Government Coalition	ACT	1992–1995
	ALP	Australian Liberal Party	VIC	1927–1932
	SEX	Australian Sex Party	VIC	2014–2017	Civil libertarianism Sex positivity
	CP	Centre Party	TAS	1969–1972
	CDP	Christian Democratic Party	NSW	1977–2022	National conservatism Christian right
	CCA	City Country Alliance	QLD	2000–2001
	CPA	Communist Party of Australia	QLD	1944–1949	Communism Marxism-Leninism
	CNO	Country-National Organisation	QLD	1941–1944
	DEM	Democratic Party	NSW	1922–1925	Pro-Catholic
	DP	Dignity Party	SA	2010–2018	Disability rights
	ECP	Executive Country Party	WA	1923–1924
	FAM	Family Team	ACT	1979–1986	Social conservatism
	HCIP	Hare-Clark Independence Party	ACT	1991–1992
	IWP	Illawarra Workers Party	NSW	1987–1988
	ILG	Independent Labor Group	NSW	1959–1977
	IG	Independents Group	ACT	1989–1995
	LL	Lang Labor (SA)	SA	1931–1934
	LFF	Liberals for Forests	WA	2001	Anti-logging
	NCG	New Conservative Group	ACT	1991–1992	Conservatism
	NCP	New Country Party	WA	2003–2005
	NLM	New Liberal Movement	SA	1976–1977
	NSGP	No Self Government Party	ACT	1989–1992
	NCP	North Queensland Labor Party	QLD	1944–1977	Socialism
	NCP	Northern Country Party	QLD	1920–1923
	NTN	Northern Territory Nationals	NT	1987–1990
	ON	One Nation NSW	NSW	2000–2007	Australian nationalism Protectionism
	PLP	Progressive Labor Party	1950–1955
	RL	Redistribution Liberals	VIC	1924–1926
	RLS	Reform the Legal System	NSW	1999–2007
	RR	Residents Rally	ACT	1989–1992
	SAF	SA First	SA	1999–2002
	SUPA	Seniors United Party of Australia	NSW	2015–2022	Pensioners' interests
	STL	Single Tax League	SA	1930–1941	Georgism
	SLP	Socialist Labor Party	NSW	1920–1921	De Leonism
	TA	Territory Alliance	NT	2019–2020
	TMP	Transport Matters Party	VIC	2018–2023	Taxi industry advocacy
	UNI	Unity Party	NSW	1999–2015	Centrism Multiculturalism
	VLP	Victorian Liberal Party	VIC	1954–1955
	V1LJ	Vote 1 Local Jobs	VIC	2014–2018

Political party				Period	Ideology
Political party				Period	Ideology	AFAL	All for Australia League	1931–1932
	ANP	—	Australian Nationalist Party	1958–1958	Anti-immigration
	ANA	—	Australian National Alliance	1978–1981	Anti-immigration, Anti Asian
	AAHP		Australian Affordable Housing Party	2016–2022	Affordable housing
	APP	—	Australian Protectionist Party	2011–2015	Anti-immigration Anti-islam Protectionism
	ANSP	—	Australian National Socialist Party	1962–1968	Nazism White supremacy
	AVP		Australian Values Party	2021–2023	Veterans' rights
	ASP	—	Australian Sports Party	2013–2015
	AAPP	—	Australian Antipaedophile Party	2015–2016
	AAP		Advance Australia Party	1988-2005	Nationalism Populism
	AAFI	—	Australians Against Further Immigration	1989–2008	Anti-immigration Nationalism
	ABFP	—	Australian Better Families	2018–2021	Men's rights
	ACP	—	Australian Commonwealth Party	1972–1972
	ACP	—	Australian Conservative Party	1989–1991
	ACP	—	Australian Cyclists Party	2013–2017
	AIPP	—	Australia's Indigenous Peoples Party	1993–1999
	APP	—	Australian People's Party	2014–2021	Australian nationalism Economic nationalism
	AWP	—	Australian Women's Party	1995–2003	Feminism
	ARFP	—	Australian Recreational Fishers Party	2016–2017	Recreational fishers' interests
	ARP	—	Australian Reform Party	1997–2002	Gun rights
	AFLP	—	Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party	2006–2014	Fishing rights
	AFNPP	—	Australia's First Nations Political Party	2011–2015	Indigenous rights
	ABRG	—	Australian Bill of Rights Group	1995-1999	Bill of Rights
	ADM	—	Australian Defence Movement	1940
	AMP		Australian Marijuana Party	1970s-1980s	Marijuana legalisation
	AMP	—	Australian Motorist Party	2007-2012?	Motorist rights
	ADV	—	Australian Defence Veterans Party	2015–2017	Veterans' rights
	AWP	—	Australian Workers Party	2017–2021	Modern Monetary Theory Social democracy
	ABP	—	Aussie Battler Party	2018–2019	Right-wing populism
	BTFA	—	Bullet Train for Australia	2013–2017
	CP	—	Centre Party	1933-1935	Fascism
	CCC	—	Climate Change Coalition	2007–2010
	CP	—	Commonwealth Party	1943–1944
	CCP	—	Commonwealth Centre Party	1961–1961
	CPA	—	Conservative Party of Australia	1984–1998
	CNAP	—	Combined New Australia Party	1990–1990
	CAP	—	Confederate Action Party of Australia	1992–1993	Far right
	CP	—	Country Party (South Australia)	1917–1932
	CLA	—	Curtin Labor Alliance	2001–2005
	CA	—	Carers Alliance	2007–2015