Progressive Party (1901)

The Progressive Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics. The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time of federation. Deprived of their main ideological difference, the two parties were recreated as the Liberal Reform Party aligned with the federal Free Trade Party and the Progressive Party aligned with the federal Protectionist Party. The Progressive Party collapsed in 1907, leaving the Liberal Reform Party as the main anti-Labor Party.[1] In 1919, the Farmers' and Settlers' Association and the Graziers' Association founded a new Progressive Party, which won metropolitan and rural seats in the 1920 election.[2]

Progressive Party
LeaderJohn See
Thomas Waddell
Founded1901 (1901)
Dissolved1907 (1907)
HeadquartersSydney
IdeologyProtectionism
Social liberalism
National affiliationProtectionist Party

State election results
Election Seats won ± Total votes % Position Leader
1901
42 / 125
 10 44,817 22.9% Minority government John See
1904
16 / 90
 26 75,297 18.9% Third party Thomas Waddell
1907
5 / 90
 11 21,759 4.7% Third party Thomas Waddell

References
  1. "1901 to 1918 – The Early Federal Period and the First World War". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. Clune, David. "Facts and Figures – Political Parties of NSW (Overview)". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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