United Australia Party

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The United Australia Party was a major Australian conservative political party that existed from 1931 to 1945 and produced several prime ministers during its tenure.

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Label Occurrences
United Australia Party canonical 7
Australian Party (Lyons group) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
alsoKnownAs UAP
coalitionPartner Country Party
color blue
country Australia
dissolutionReason decline after World War II and formation of Liberal Party of Australia
dissolved 1945
formedGovernment Commonwealth government
surface form: Commonwealth Government of Australia
founded 1931
headquartersLocation Canberra
historicalEra Interwar period
World War II
surface form: World War II era
ideology conservatism
inGovernmentFrom 1931
inGovernmentUntil 1941
leader Arthur Fadden
Billy Hughes
Joseph Lyons
Menzies
surface form: Robert Menzies
mainIdeologicalOpposition social democracy
notableElection 1931 Australian federal election
1934 Australian federal election
1937 Australian federal election
1940 Australian federal election
notableMember Arthur Fadden
Billy Hughes
Joseph Lyons
Percy Spender
Lord Casey
surface form: Richard Casey

Menzies
surface form: Robert Menzies
opposedParty Australian Labor Party
originatedFrom merger of Nationalist Party of Australia and Australian Party
parliamentaryGroup UAP parliamentary party
politicalPosition centre-right
predecessor Australian Party
Nationalist Party of Australia
producedPrimeMinister Arthur Fadden
Joseph Lyons
Menzies
surface form: Robert Menzies
region Commonwealth of Australia
representedIn House of Representatives of Australia
Parliament of Australia
Senate of Australia
status defunct
successor Liberal Party of Australia
supportedPolicy anti-socialism
economic liberalism

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

Wilfrid Kent Hughes memberOfPoliticalParty United Australia Party
Menzies memberOfPoliticalParty United Australia Party
subject surface form: Robert Menzies
Stanley Bruce memberOfPoliticalParty United Australia Party
LPA precededBy United Australia Party
subject surface form: Liberal Party of Australia
United Australia Party (1931–1945) predecessor United Australia Party
this entity surface form: Australian Party (Lyons group)
Nationalist Party of Australia followedBy United Australia Party
Nationalist Party of Australia mergedInto United Australia Party
Nationalist Party of Australia influenced United Australia Party