Nationalist Party of Australia

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The Nationalist Party of Australia was a major early 20th-century conservative political party that governed federally and helped shape the modern centre-right tradition in Australian politics.

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Nationalist Party of Australia canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
coalitionWith National Party of Australia – NSW
surface form: Country Party of Australia
country Australia
dissolved 1931
electoralBase business interests
middle-class voters
pro-conscription Labor voters
followedBy United Australia Party
formedGovernment Commonwealth of Australia
formedGovernmentInYear 1917
1919
1922
1925
1928
foundedBy Billy Hughes
hasLeader Billy Hughes
John Latham
Stanley Bruce
hasPrimeMinister Billy Hughes
Stanley Bruce
headquartersLocation Melbourne
helpedShape modern Australian centre-right tradition
ideology conservatism
liberal conservatism
inception 1917
influenced Liberal Party of Australia
United Australia Party
keyIssue World War I conscription
mergedInto United Australia Party
mergedWith Australian Party
various conservative independents
notableElection 1917 Australian federal election
1919 Australian federal election
1925 Australian federal election
opposedParty Australian Labor Party
originatedFromSplitOf Australian Labor Party
partOf Australian party system
politicalPosition centre-right
right-wing
precededBy Commonwealth Liberal Party
National Labor Party
representedIn House of Representatives of Australia
Parliament of Australia
Senate of Australia
supportedPolicy compulsory military service during World War I
economic liberalism
imperial loyalty to the British Empire
timePeriod early 20th century

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberal Party of Australia hasIdeologicalPrecursor Nationalist Party of Australia
William Fleming memberOfPoliticalParty Nationalist Party of Australia
subject surface form: William Fleming (Australian politician)
Stanley Bruce memberOfPoliticalParty Nationalist Party of Australia
United Australia Party (1931–1945) predecessor Nationalist Party of Australia
Commonwealth Liberal Party influenced Nationalist Party of Australia
United Australia Party predecessor Nationalist Party of Australia
George Fuller (politician) memberOfPoliticalParty Nationalist Party of Australia
subject surface form: George Fuller