National Party (Queensland, 1917)

National Party
LeaderJames Tolmie (1917-1918)
Edward Macartney (1918–1920)
William Vowles (1920)
Walter Barnes (1920–1921)
Charles Taylor (1921–1924)
Reginald King (1924–1925)
Charles Taylor (1925)
Founded1917
Dissolved1925
Merger ofLiberal Party
Country Party
Merged intoCountry and Progressive National Party
IdeologyNationalism
Liberal conservatism
Political positionCentre-right

The National Party, known as the United Party from 1923, was a political party in the Australian state of Queensland from 1917 to 1925. Although allied with the federal Nationalist Party, it had different origins in state politics. It sought to combine the state's Liberal Party with the Country Party but the latter soon withdrew. In 1923 the party sought a further unification with the Country Party but only attracted a few recruits. Then in 1925 it merged with the Country Party, initially as the Country Progressive Party with a few members left out and then they were absorbed into the renamed Country and Progressive National Party.