Queensland Liberal Party Queensland People's Party (1943–1949) | |
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| Leader | Full list |
| Founded | 3 October 1943[1] |
| Dissolved | 26 July 2008 |
| Preceded by | United Australia Party Queensland |
| Merged into | Liberal National |
| Membership (1949) | 20,764[2][a] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Federal Liberal (1945–2008) |
| Electoral alliance | National–Liberal Coalition (1957–1983; 1995–2008) |
| Colours | Blue |
| Legislative Assembly | 30 / 82 (1974–1977) |
| House of Representatives | 17 / 26 (Qld seats; 1996–1998) |
| Senate | 6 / 12 (Qld seats; 2005–2008) |
| Brisbane City Council | 16 / 26 (2008) |
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| qld.liberal.org.au | |
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The Queensland Liberal Party, officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division), was the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia until 2008.
It was initially formed in October 1943 as the Queensland People's Party (QPP), which then absorbed the disbanded Queensland branch of the United Australia Party in 1944. In 1945, the QPP had an agreement with the newly formed Liberal Party, where in the "federal sphere", QPP would be the Queensland division of the Liberal Party and would run its candidates under the Liberal Party banner in federal elections.[4] However, in the "state sphere", it would continue to exist individually under its own banner. In July 1949, the QPP was renamed to reflect its status as the Queensland division of the Liberal Party.[5]
Based predominantly in Brisbane and other cities in Queensland, from 1957 it held power as the junior party in a coalition with the state Country Party, later the National Party, until 1983 when the Liberals broke away and went into opposition. The party formed another coalition with the Nationals that took power in 1996 but was defeated in 1998. After a further decade in opposition, in 2008, the two parties merged to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland.
- ^ R. Williams, John (March 1967). "The Emergence of the Liberal Party of Australia". Australian Quarterly. 39 (1): 15. doi:10.2307/20634106. JSTOR 20634106.
- ^ "Change Took Years – Q.P.P's Name Died Hard". Brisbane Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 9 July 1949. p. 11. Retrieved 9 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Bowden, Bradley (November 2013). "Modern Labor in Queensland: Its Rise and Failings, 1978–98". Labour History (105): 1–26. doi:10.5263/labourhistory.105.0001. hdl:10072/56318. JSTOR 10.5263/labourhistory.105.0001.
- ^ "Liberals & Q.P.P. in agreement". The Courier Mail. 24 May 1945. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Change Took Years - Q.P.P's Name Died Hard". Brisbane Telegraph. 9 July 1949. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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