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
Leader	John See Thomas Waddell
Founded	1901
Dissolved	1907
Headquarters	Sydney
Ideology	Protectionism Social liberalism
National affiliation	Protectionist Party
Politics of New South Wales

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.