List of historical political parties in Australia explained

See also: List of political parties in Australia. This is a list of historical political parties in Australia.

These parties are no longer registered or active at a federal, state or federal level. Historical names of defunct and current parties are not included in the list as they are not separate entities.

Major parties

Federal parliamentary parties

Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Political alliance(s)	Maximum seats
								MPs	Senators
	NP		Nationalist Party	1917–1931	Nationalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Nationalist–Country coalition
	UAP		United Australia Party	1931–1945	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	United Australia–Country coalition
	FTP		Free Trade Party	1901–1909	Economic liberalism	Centre-right
	PP		Protectionist Party	1901–1909	Liberalism Protectionism	Centre
	LIB		Liberal Party	1909–1917	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	Liberal Union
	NLP		National Labor Party	1916–1917	Nationalism	Centre-left
	LL		Lang Labor	1931–1950	Economic nationalism (Langism)	Centre-left
	LU		Liberal Union	1922–1925	Liberalism	Centre
	DLP		Democratic Labor Party	1955–1974	Anti-communism	Centre

Notes:

State parliamentary parties

New South Wales

Political party			Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	Seats
								MLAs	MLCs
	NP	Nationalist Party	1916–1931	Nationalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Thomas Bavin	Nationalist–Progressive coalition (1921) Nationalist–Country coalition (1927–1930)
	LRP	Liberal Reform Party	1901–1917	Liberalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Charles Wade
	PP	Protectionist Party	1887–1901	Protectionism Liberalism	Centre	George Dibbs
	PP	Progressive Party	1901–1907	Protectionism Liberalism		John See
	LL	Lang Labor	1931–1950	Langism	Centre-left	Jack Lang
	PP	Progressive Party	1920–1927	Conservatism Agrarianism	Centre-right		Nationalist–Progressive coalition (1921)
		DP	Democratic Party	1920–1925	Catholic interests	Centre to centre-left
	PILP	Protestant Independent Labour Party	1923–1940s	Labourism Protestantism Social democracy	Centre-left

Notes:

Queensland

Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	Seats
									MLAs	MLCs
	CPNP		Country and Progressive National Party	1925–1936	Conservatism	Centre-right	Arthur Edward Moore
	NAT		National Party	1915–2008	Conservatism Agrarianism Economic liberalism	Centre-right to right-wing	Frank Nicklin	National–Liberal coalition
	LIB		Liberal Party	1943–2008	Liberalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Gordon Chalk	National–Liberal coalition
		QLP		Queensland Labor Party	1944–1977	Social democracy Anti-communism	Centre-left	Vince Gair
	UP		United Party	1917–1925	Nationalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Charles Taylor
	CCA		City Country Alliance	1999–2003	Nationalism Social conservatism	Right-wing	Bill Feldman
	UAP		United Australia Party	1936–1944	Liberalism Conservatism	Centre-right	Hugh Russell
	NCP		Northern Country Party	1919/20–1923	Agrarianism
	CPA		Communist Party	1921–1991	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Jack Henry
	PILP		Protestant Independent Labour Party	1923–1940s	Labourism Protestantism Social democracy	Centre-left
	NQLP		North Queensland Labor Party	1944–1977	Social democracy Populism	Centre-left	Tom Aikens
	QP		Queensland Party	2010–2012	Regionalism	Centre-right to right-wing	Aidan McLindon
	NQF		North Queensland First	2019–2021	North Queensland statehood Regionalism	Centre-right	Jason Costigan

Notes:

Other states

Name		Period	Ideology
		Western Australian Liberal Party	1911–1917
	Liberal and Democratic Union	1906–1910
	Liberal Federation	1923–1932
	Liberal Union	1910–1923

Other represented parties

Federal

Political party				Period	Ideology
								CON		Australian Conservatives	2017–2019	Conservatism Economic liberalism
		AP		Australia Party	1969–1970	Anti-conscription Social liberalism
		AMEP		Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party	2013–2016	Against anti-hooning laws
		AP		Australian Party	1929–1931	Populism Anti-communism
		APA		Australian Progressive Alliance	2003–2005
		BMLP		Blackburn-Mutton Labor Party	1947–1950
		CPP		Country Progressive Party	1926–1930
		DHJP		Derryn Hinch's Justice Party	2016–2019
		FFP		Family First Party	2005–2011, 2014–2017	Social conservatism Christian right
		CNP		Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party	2019–2020	National conservatism Right-wing populism
		GLT		Glenn Lazarus Team	2015–2016
		ISLP		Industrial Socialist Labor Party	1919–1921	Socialism
				Labor (Non-Communist)	1940–1941	Labour politics Anti-communism
		LCP		Liberal Country Party	1937–1943
		LM		Liberal Movement	1972–1977	Social liberalism Progressivism
		MLP		Majority Labor Party	1922–1923
		NA		National Alliance	1974–1977
		NLP		National Liberal Party	1974–1974
		NDP		Nuclear Disarmament Party	1984–1985, 1987–1988,	Nuclear disarmament
		PP		Progress Party	1975–1981	Libertarianism Anti-socialism
		PP		Progressive Party	1920–1927	Socially conservative Agrarian socialism
		RTP		Revenue Tariff Party	1903–1903
		RPT		Rex Patrick Team	2020–2022
		TSISAP		Tim Storer Independent SA Party	2018–2019
		UAP		Unite Australia Party	1986–1990
		VFU		Victorian Farmers' Union	1916–1920	Pro-farmers
		WAP		Western Australian Party	1906–1906

State/territory only

Political party			State	Period	Ideology
								ABFFOC	A Better Future For Our Children	NSW	1995–2003
		ASGC	Abolish Self Government Coalition	ACT	1992–1995
		ALP	Australian Liberal Party	VIC	1927–1932
		SEX	Australian Sex Party	VIC	2014–2017	Civil libertarianism Sex positivity
		CP	Centre Party	TAS	1969–1972
		CDP	Christian Democratic Party	NSW	1977–2022	Christian right
		CCA	City Country Alliance	QLD	2000–2001
		CPA	Communist Party of Australia	QLD	1944–1949	Communism Marxism-Leninism
		CNO	Country-National Organisation	QLD	1941–1944
		DEM	Democratic Party	NSW	1922–1925	Pro-Catholic
		DP	Dignity Party	SA	2010–2018	Disability rights Equal rights
		ECP	Executive Country Party	WA	1923–1924
		FAM	Family Team	ACT	1979–1986	Social conservatism
	HCIP	Hare-Clark Independence Party	ACT	1991–1992
		IWP	Illawarra Workers Party	NSW	1987–1988
	ILG	Independent Labor Group	NSW	1959–1977
	IG	Independents Group	ACT	1989–1995
		LL	Lang Labor (SA)	SA	1931–1934
		LFF	Liberals for Forests	WA	2001	Anti-logging
		NCG	New Conservative Group	ACT	1991–1992	Conservatism
		NCP	New Country Party	WA	2003–2005
		NLM	New Liberal Movement	SA	1976–1977
		NSGP	No Self Government Party	ACT	1989–1992
		NCP	North Queensland Labor Party	QLD	1944–1977	Socialism
		NCP	Northern Country Party	QLD	1920–1923
		NTN	Northern Territory Nationals	NT	1987–1990
		ON	One Nation NSW	NSW	2000–2007	Australian nationalism Protectionism
		PLP	Progressive Labor Party	1950–1955
		RP	Reason Party (Australia)	VIC	2017–2022	Civil libertarianism
		RL	Redistribution Liberals	VIC	1924–1926
		RLS	Reform the Legal System	NSW	1999–2007
		RR	Residents Rally	ACT	1989–1992
		SAF	SA First	SA	1999–2002
		SUPA	Seniors United Party of Australia	NSW	2015–2022	Pensioners' interests
		STL	Single Tax League	SA	1930–1941	Georgism
		SLP	Socialist Labor Party	NSW	1920–1921	De Leonism
		TA	Territory Alliance	NT	2019–2020
		TMP	Transport Matters Party	VIC	2018–2023	Taxi industry advocacy
		UNI	Unity Party	NSW	1999–2015	Centrism Multiculturalism
		VLP	Victorian Liberal Party	VIC	1954–1955
		V1LJ	Vote 1 Local Jobs	VIC	2014–2018

Parties without representation

Political party				Period	Ideology
								AEP		Australian Equality Party	2014–2018	LGBT rights
		AFAL		All for Australia League	1931–1932
		ANP		Australian Nationalist Party	1958–1958	Anti-immigration
		ANA		Australian National Alliance	1978–1981	Anti-immigration, Anti Asian
		AAHP		Australian Affordable Housing Party	2016–2022	Affordable housing
		APP		Australian Protectionist Party	2011–2015	Anti-immigration Anti-islam Protectionism
		ANSP		Australian National Socialist Party	1962–1968	Nazism White supremacy
		AVP		Australian Values Party	2021–2023	Veterans' rights
		ASP		Australian Sports Party	2013–2015
	AAPP		Australian Antipaedophile Party	2015–2016
		AAP		Advance Australia Party	1988-2005	Nationalism Populism
		AAFI		Australians Against Further Immigration	1989–2008	Anti-immigration Nationalism
		ABFP		Australian Better Families	2018–2021	Men's rights
	ACP		Australian Commonwealth Party	1972–1972
	ACP		Australian Conservative Party	1989–1991
		ACP		Australian Cyclists Party	2013–2017
		AIPP		Australia's Indigenous Peoples Party	1993–1999
		APP		Australian People's Party	2014–2021	Australian nationalism Economic nationalism
		AWP		Australian Women's Party	1995–2003	Feminism
		ARFP		Australian Recreational Fishers Party	2016–2017	Recreational fishers' interests
		ARP		Australian Reform Party	1997–2002	Gun rights
		AFLP		Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party	2006–2014	Fishing rights
		AFNPP		Australia's First Nations Political Party	2011–2015	Indigenous rights
	ABRG		Australian Bill of Rights Group	1995-1999	Bill of Rights
		ADM		Australian Defence Movement	1940
		AMP		Australian Marijuana Party	1970s–1980s	Marijuana legalisation
		AMP		Australian Motorist Party	2007-2012?	Motorist rights
		ADV		Australian Defence Veterans Party	2015–2017	Veterans' rights
		AWP		Australian Workers Party	2017–2021	Modern Monetary Theory Social democracy
		ABP		Aussie Battler Party	2018–2019	Right-wing populism
		BTFA		Bullet Train for Australia	2013–2017
		CP		Centre Party	1933–1935	Fascism
		CCC		Climate Change Coalition	2007–2010
	CP		Commonwealth Party	1943–1944
		CCP		Commonwealth Centre Party	1961–1961
		CPA		Conservative Party of Australia	1984–1998
		CNAP		Combined New Australia Party	1990–1990
		CAP		Confederate Action Party of Australia	1992–1993	Far right
	CP		Country Party (South Australia)	1917–1932
		CLA		Curtin Labor Alliance	2001–2005
		CA		Carers Alliance	2007–2015
		CA		Communist Alliance	2009–2012	Communism
		CM		CountryMinded	2014–2018	Agrarianism
		CRNT		Consumer Rights & No-Tolls	2016–2018
		GRN		Cowper Greens	1989–1993	[1]
		DPI		David Pollard Independent	2020-2024
		DS4SEQ		Daylight Saving for South East Queensland	2008-2012
		DSP		Deadly Serious Party	1980s–1988
		DESP		Defence and Ex-Services Party	1986–1989	Veterans' rights
		DOGS		Defence of Government Schools	1966–1985
		DPA		Democratic Party of Australia	1953–1954
		DSEL		Democratic Socialist Electoral League	1998–2001	Socialism Social Democracy
		DCP		Douglas Credit Party	1930s, 1960s-1970s	Social credit
		DPDA		Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance	2021–2023	Pro-Taiwan, anti-China
		DLRA		Drug Law Reform Australia	2013–2017
		GRN		Eastern Suburbs Greens	1990–1995	[2]
		EAPP		Engineered Australia Plan Party	1982–1983
		ENEA		Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy Australia	2007–2010	Pro-nuclear power in Australia
		ESSVP		Ex-Service, Service and Veterans Party		Veterans' rights
		FPPU		Farmers and Producers Political Union	1904–1910
		FPP		Freedom and Prosperity Party	2009-2015
		FREE		FREE Australia Party	2010–2014
		FLT		Fair Land Tax - Tax Party	2010-2014
		FLRP		Family Law Reform Party	1996-1999
		FFWA		Fluoride Free WA	2017-2019	Oppose mandatory Water fluoridation
		FP		Flux Party	2016-2022	Issue-based Direct democracy
		FIN		Federal ICAC Now	2020-2023	Federal ICAC advocacy, Anti-corruption
		G4C		Gamers 4 Croydon	2009–2010
		GA		Green Alliance Senate – NSW	1990–1995	[3]
		GRN		Greens in Lowe	1990–1995	[4]
		GP		Grey Power	1983–1994
		GAP		Great Australians Party	2003–2006
		HOV		Hear Our Voice	2007–2010
		HAP		Health Australia Party	2013–2024	Anti-vaccination
		HRP		Human Rights Party	1999-2007
		HPA		Hope Party Australia	1997–2006
		IDP		Independent Democratic Party	1953–1954
		IEFF		Independent EFF	1987–1999
		IVFS		Independent Voices for the Senate	2021–2023	[5]
		ILP		Industrial Labor Party	1936–1939
		IMOP		Informed Medical Options Party	2016–2023	Anti-vaccination
		LDP		Liberal Democratic Party	1943–1944
		MAP		Mature Australia Party	2014–2017
		MCP		Middle Class Party	1943–1943
		LRG		Liberal Reform Group	1966–1969
		LEFBP		Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party	2001–2004	Beer Party, Anti GST
		LAOL		Love Australia or Leave	2016–2022	Anti-Islam Anti-immigration
		MP		Mutual Party	2014–2015
		LPA		Libertarian Party of Australia
		MPP		Multicultural Progress Party	2014
		NDL		National Defence League	1891–1910
	NP		National Party (South Australia)	1917–1923
		NHP		National Humanitarian Party	1983–1984
		NHHP			2002–2011
		NLP		Natural Law Party	1990–1997
		NFA		National Front of Australia	1977–1984	Anti-immigration
		NGSTP		No GST Party	2001-2004	Anti GST
		NAN			1995–1999
		NLTC		No Land Tax Campaign	2014-2015
		NA		National Action	1982-1991	White supremacy Fascism
		NSPA		National Socialist Party of Australia	1964-1977	White supremacy Nazism
		NENSM		New England New State Movement
		OAM			1986–1992	Christian politics
		OAP		One Australia Party	1995–1999
		OLM		Official Labour Movement	1953–1955
		OPA		One Parliament for Australia	1943–1943
		ODD		Online Direct Democracy	2007–2020
		ORP		Outdoor Recreation Party (Stop the Greens)	1996–2017
		PIP		Pangallo Independents Party
		PPP			1989–1989	Joke
		PPA			2008–2021	Pirate politics E-democracy
		PPP		Protestant People's Party	1946–1949
		PCP		Progressive Conservative Party	1980–1980	White nationalism Anti-immigration, Anti Asian
		PCIRA			1982–1996
		PPP		People Power Party	2006–2006	Progressivism'
		PPV		People Power Victoria – No Smart Meters	2014–2017
		PUAP		Pauline's United Australia Party	2007–2010	Protectionism Social conservatism
		RUAP		Rise Up Australia Party	2013–2019	Anti-islam Right-wing populism
		SCP		Services and Citizens' Party	1943–1944
		SPA		Services Party of Australia	1946–1946
		SRP		Smokers' Rights Party	2012–2017
		SDP		Social Democratic Party	1980–1983	Social democracy
		RFG			1984–1984
		RPA			1982–2021	Republicanism
		RA			1996–1999
		STRAH		Save the RAH	2010–2010
		RDSDA		Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party	2022–2023	Anti-Daniel Andrews
		RWRP		Restore the Workers' Rights Party	2007–2011	Workers rights Trade unionism
		SOS		Save Our State	1990–2010
		GRN		South Sydney Greens	1990–1995	[6]
		SLP		State Labor Party	1940–1944	Communism
		SPGN		Stop Population Growth Now	2014–2019?	Opposition to Overpopulation, Anti-immigration
		SRWTP		Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party	1989–1989	Joke
		SP		Surprise Party	1989–1989	Joke
		UCP		United Christian Party	1972–1983	Christian politics
		UTG		United Tasmania Group	1972–1990	Green politics Environmentalism
		TST		Tasmania Senate Team	1992–1996	Regionalism
		TFP		Tasmania First Party	1996–2006	Regionalism Gun rights
		TOPS			1997–2001
		MHP		The Australian Mental Health Party	2016–2020	Mental health advocacy
		TBRNR		The Basics Rock 'n' Roll Party	2014
		GA		The Victorian Green Alliance	1990–1996	[7]
		WP		The Women's Party	2019–2021	Representation parity Liberal feminism
		TNL		The New Liberals	2019–2023	Social liberalism Republicanism[8]
		VSP		Victorian Socialist Party	1906–1932	Socialism Entryism
	VIC		Victorians Party	2021–2022	Centrism
		VEP		Voluntary Euthanasia Party	2013–2021	Voluntary euthanasia
		VFTW		Voice for the West	2014–2015
		WWW		What Women Want	2007–2010	Women's rights
		WLP		WikiLeaks Party	2013–2015	Pro-Julian Assange
		GRN		Western Suburbs Greens	1990–1995	[9]
		YVA		Yellow Vest Australia	2015–2020	Anti-islam Right-wing populism
		YANP		Young Australia National Party	1909–1915	Pro-White Australia

See also

• Politics of Australia
• List of political parties in Australia
• List of ruling political parties by country

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cowper Greens . Australian Electoral Commission.
2. Web site: Eastern Suburbs Greens . Australian Electoral Commission.
3. Web site: Green Alliance Senate – NSW . Australian Electoral Commission.
4. Web site: Greens in Lowe . Australian Electoral Commission.
5. Web site: Notice of intention to deregister Independent Voices for the Senate . Australian Electoral Commission . 25 October 2023.
6. Web site: South Sydney Greens . Australian Electoral Commission.
7. Web site: The Victorian Green Alliance . Australian Electoral Commission.
8. Web site: Policies . tnl.net.au . TNL . 27 August 2024.
9. Web site: Western Suburbs Greens . Australian Electoral Commission.