Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian politics/State parties

Potential articles if sources were found - less important

 * Liberal Party of Australia (Northern Territory Division)
 * National Party of Australia – Australian Capital Territory (currently a redirect)
 * Country Party of Australia – Northern Territory

New South Wales

 * United Australia Party (New South Wales Branch)/National Party of Australia – NSW (as Country Party); then
 * Liberal Democratic Party (New South Wales)/Democratic Party (1943)/Commonwealth Party (New South Wales)/National Party of Australia – NSW (as Country Party); then
 * Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)/National Party of Australia – NSW

Queensland

 * Supporters of the Continuous Ministry (Queensland) 1890-c1903
 * "Ministerial" faction c1903-1906
 * "Kidstonites" based on William Kidston and "Conservatives" based on Robert Philp 1907-c1908
 * Liberal Party, merger of the above two. 1908-1917
 * Queensland Farmers' Union/Country Party 1915 - 1917 (the QFU sponsored candidates but in the state parliament they organised under the name "Country Party")
 * National Party, later renamed "Queensland United Party", July 1917 - May 1925, initially a fusion of non-Labor forces in the state but not everyone arrived or departed at the same time
 * A re-separated Country Party 28 July 1920 - 12 May 1925
 * National Labor Party - contested the 1920 election
 * Country Progressive Party 12 May 1925 - 15 December 1925, a merger of the Country Party and most of the United Party
 * Rump United Party, May - December 1925, a group of initially anti-merger United MLAs
 * Country and Progressive National Party, 15 December 1925 - 5 March 1936, merger of the above two
 * A re-separated Country Party 5 March 1936 - 27 April 1941
 * A separated state branch of the United Australia Party 5 March 1936 - 27 April 1941
 * Country-National Organisation 27 April 1941 - 1944, merger of the above two
 * "Queensland Country Party", the elements of the Country Party (including the extra-parliamentary party) opposed to merger
 * A re-separated Country Party 1944 - 1974, then renamed "National Party" 1974 - 26 July 2008
 * Queensland People's Party 26 October 1943 - 9 July 1949, absorbs the re-separated state United Australia Party, becomes the Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) 9 July 1949 - 26 July 2008

South Australia (complete)

 * National Defence League/Liberal and Democratic Union/Farmers and Producers Political Union; then
 * Liberal Union (South Australia) / National Party (South Australia) / Country Party (South Australia); then
 * Liberal Federation / Country Party (South Australia); then
 * Liberal and Country League / Liberal Movement; then
 * Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)/National Party of Australia (SA)

Tasmania

 * Liberal Party (Tasmania) (party structure known as Liberal League - seems not usually used for parliamentary party)
 * Nationalist Party (Tasmania) (parliamentary) /
 * United Australia and Nationalist Organisation (later joint party structure with UAP; did not affect parliamentary party)
 * Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)/National Party of Australia – Tasmania (Centre Party)

Victoria

 * ? /Victorian Farmers Union
 * United Australia Party (Victorian Branch)/National Party of Australia – Victoria (as United Country Party) 1930 - c mid 1940s; then
 * Country Progressive Party (CP split 1927-1930)
 * Liberal Country Party (UCP split 1937-1943)
 * Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)/National Party of Australia – Victoria

Western Australia

 * 1890s - "Ministerialist" faction supporting John Forrest and "Opposition" faction supporting George Randell (who joined the ministry in 1898) then George Leake
 * 1901-1905 - confused period of multiple factions with George Throssell and Frederick Henry Piesse seemingly heading the previous followers of Forrest, and Walter James heading Leake's. Alf Morgans, a former Forrest minister, put together a brief ministry between Leake's.
 * 1905-1911 "Ministerialists" following ministries headed by Hector Rason, Newton Moore and Frank Wilson, Labor now main opposition
 * 1911 Western Australian Liberal Party (1911–17) formed by ex-Ministerialists
 * 1914 Country Party formed, supported by the Farmers and Settlers' Association
 * 1917 Nationalist Party including distinct National Liberal faction, absorbed Liberals
 * 1917 National Labor Party formed by breakaway from Labor, kept a separate identity longer than at federal level
 * 1920 Farmers and Settlers' Association renamed "Primary Producers' Association"
 * 1923: Country Party splits between Majority Country Party (pro coalition splinter) and Executive Country Party (anti-coalition rump who continued as the Country Party)
 * c1924 United Party (fusion of Nationalists, National Labor and Majority Country); used the name in 1927 election but seems to have reverted to "Nationalist Party" by 1930
 * 1944 Primary Producers' Association withdraws from party politics, Country Party establishes its own supporting organisation
 * 1945 Nationalist Party becomes Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
 * 1946 Country Party renames itself "Country and Democratic League"
 * 1949 Liberal Party renames itself "Liberal and Country League"; unlike SA party of the same name this is not a merger
 * 1949 Country and Democratic League reverts name to "Country Party", although the organisation doesn't make the same change until 1961
 * 1968 Liberal and Country League changes name to Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
 * 1974 National Alliance temporary merger of Country Party and Democratic Labor Party
 * 1974 Alliance collapses, Country Party renames itself "National Country Party"
 * 1978 National Country Party splits; breakaway anti-coalition "National Party" formed
 * 1984 (organisation)/1985 (parliamentary party) National Country Party and National Party reunite under name "National Party"