Protectionist Party
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The Protectionist Party was an early Australian political party that advocated high tariffs to protect domestic industries and played a key role in the country’s early federal politics before merging into broader non-Labor coalitions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Protectionist Party canonical | 3 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical Australian political party
ⓘ
political party ⓘ |
| advocated | high tariffs ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Australian Labor Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competedWith | Free Trade Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century Australian politics ⓘ |
| formedGovernmentUnder |
Alfred Deakin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edmund Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | protection of domestic industries ⓘ |
| hadStrongSupportIn |
New South Wales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | protectionism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Australian tariff policy
ⓘ
development of Australian party system ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Alfred Deakin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edmund Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ George Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ William Lyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Commonwealth Liberal Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
non-Labor coalitions ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Free Trade Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | early federal politics of Australia ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn | formation of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| position | centre-left ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Commonwealth Liberal Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liberal–National non-Labor tradition in Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
manufacturing interests
ⓘ
rural protectionist interests ⓘ |
| supportedPolicy |
White Australia policy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tariff protection for Australian industry ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William Knox (Australian politician)
subject surface form:
Robert Henry Best (Australian politician)