267:. The election was a disappointment, with the National Party winning four fewer seats than its predecessors combined. In the state parliament the party held together for the time being, but there was much disruption amongst the extra-parliamentary forces, starting when the Queensland Farmers' Union withdrew from the National Political Council. Macartney also left the National Political Council and formed the more hardline Australian Democratic Union, which soon overcame its rival and the following the year the two merged as the National Democratic Council. A separate party, the
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Johnston, W. Ross. "Sir Edward Henry
Macartney (1863–1956)".
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the Country Party joined under the National Party banner.
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Harry, Ralph. "Sir Thomas William Glasgow (1876–1955)".
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from 1917 to 1925. Although allied with the federal
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814:"NATIONAL POLITICAL COUNCIL. Organisation Formed"
287:but were unable to dislodge Labor. In June 1921
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1356:"ANTI-SOCIALIST FORCES. LATEST MOVE DISCUSSED"
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1221:"QUEENSLAND UNITED PARTY"
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