# Progressive Party (1920)

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{{Short description|Political party in New South Wales}}
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| foundation = 1920
| disbanded = 1927
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| successor = [Country Party (NSW branch)](/source/New_South_Wales_National_Party)
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The '''Progressive Party of New South Wales''' was a [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) political party that operated between 1920 and 1927, achieving representation in the [Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) due to [proportional representation](/source/proportional_representation). It was not a direct successor to the earlier [Progressive Party](/source/Progressive_Party_(1901)) that had operated in the state between 1901 and 1907, but did include members of the former party including [George Briner](/source/George_Briner) and [Walter Bennett](/source/Walter_Bennett_(politician)).

The party attracted support from conservative voters in both rural and urban NSW. As a result, its policies were socially conservative but had elements of [agrarian socialism](/source/agrarian_socialism).{{cn|date=June 2020}} At the [1920 election](/source/1920_New_South_Wales_state_election) it won 15 seats.<ref>{{cite NSW election |year=1920 |district=Totals |title=1920 election totals |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>

In December 1921, the party split over the question of support for the [first government](/source/Fuller_ministry_(1921)) of [Nationalist Party](/source/Nationalist_Party_(Australia)) politician [George Fuller](/source/George_Fuller_(Australian_politician)).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142471722 |title=Progressive party |newspaper=[Daily Advertiser](/source/The_Daily_Advertiser_(Wagga_Wagga)) |date=22 December 1921 |access-date=26 June 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove}}</ref> An urban wing, led by [Thomas Ley](/source/Thomas_Ley) and [Walter Wearne](/source/Walter_Wearne), agreed to enter Fuller's coalition, but a rural wing ("The True Blues"), led by [Michael Bruxner](/source/Michael_Bruxner) and [Ernest Buttenshaw](/source/Ernest_Buttenshaw), offered Fuller only conditional support. The urban members of the party were absorbed into the Nationalist Party at that time.{{cn|date=June 2020}} The Progressive Party was reduced to nine rural members at the [1922 election](/source/1922_New_South_Wales_state_election) and was a coalition partner in Fuller's [second government](/source/Fuller_ministry_(1922%E2%80%9325)).<ref>{{cite NSW election |year=1922 |district=Totals |title=1922 election totals |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>

The rural wing contested the [1925 election](/source/1925_New_South_Wales_state_election) and maintained its nine seats,<ref>{{cite NSW election |year=1925 |district=Totals |title=1925 election totals |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref> but in 1927, it reorganised as the NSW branch of the [Country Party](/source/National_Party_of_Australia_%E2%80%93_NSW), of which the Progressive Party was essentially a fore-runner.{{cn|date=June 2020}}

==1921 split==
This table provides the details of the 1921 split, covering members of the Legislative Assembly.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Coalitionists!!"True Blues"
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[Thomas Bavin](/source/Thomas_Bavin) ([Ryde](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ryde)) <br/>
[Walter Bennett](/source/Walter_Bennett_(politician)) ([Maitland](/source/Electoral_district_of_Maitland)) <br/>
[Theodore Hill](/source/Theodore_Hill_(Australian_politician)) ([Oxley](/source/Electoral_district_of_Oxley_(New_South_Wales))) <br/>
[Thomas Ley](/source/Thomas_Ley) ([St George](/source/Electoral_district_of_St_George)) <br/>
[James Macarthur-Onslow](/source/James_Macarthur-Onslow) ([Eastern Suburbs](/source/Electoral_district_of_Eastern_Suburbs_(New_South_Wales))) <br/>
[Stephen Perdriau](/source/Stephen_Perdriau) ([Byron](/source/Electoral_district_of_Byron)) <br/>
[Walter Wearne](/source/Walter_Wearne) ([Namoi](/source/Electoral_district_of_Namoi)) <br/>
[James Wilson](/source/James_Wilson_(New_South_Wales_politician%2C_born_1865)) ([Western Suburbs](/source/Electoral_district_of_Western_Suburbs))
|
[Michael Bruxner](/source/Michael_Bruxner) ([Northern Tableland](/source/Electoral_district_of_Northern_Tablelands)) <br/>
[Ernest Buttenshaw](/source/Ernest_Buttenshaw) ([Murrumbidgee](/source/Electoral_district_of_Murrumbidgee)) <br/>
[David Drummond](/source/David_Drummond_(politician)) ([Northern Tableland](/source/Electoral_district_of_Northern_Tablelands)) <br/>
[Matthew Kilpatrick](/source/Matthew_Kilpatrick) ([Murray](/source/Electoral_district_of_Murray)) <br/> 
[Hugh Main](/source/Hugh_Main) ([Cootamundra](/source/Electoral_district_of_Cootamundra)) <br/>
[Richard Price](/source/Richard_Price_(New_South_Wales_politician)) ([Oxley](/source/Electoral_district_of_Oxley_(New_South_Wales))) <br/>
[Thomas Rutledge](/source/Thomas_Rutledge_(New_South_Wales_MLA_for_Goulburn)) ([Goulburn](/source/Electoral_district_of_Goulburn))
|}

==References==
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{{Defunct Australian political parties}}
{{New South Wales political parties}}

Category:Defunct political parties in New South Wales
Category:Political parties established in 1920
Category:1920 establishments in Australia

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